Cantopop
UK/ˈkæn.təʊˌpɒp/US/ˈkæn.toʊˌpɑp/
Cantopop noun: cantonese pop music, originating from Guangdong and Hong Kong.
Noun
Cantopop (uncountable)
- Cantonese pop music, originating from Guangdong and Hong Kong.
- Earlier, a venerable British guitarist in wonderful tweeds had opined as how they hadn't really expected the next Hendrix to emerge from Taiwanese Canto-pop, but then again they hadn't actually been expecting the first one, had they?1996, William Gibson, Idoru (Bridge trilogy; book 2), New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 131
- Mandopop and its Cantonese equivalent, Cantopop, are subsets of Chinese pop, or C-pop, whose roots stretch back almost 100 years.2024 January 20, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “An Asian megastar who fills arenas in Europe–so who is he?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14
- Synonyms:
- Canto
Cantopop meaning in Arabic and Indonesian
Cantopop in Arabic
- Cantonese pop music
- كَانْتُوبُوب kantubūb
Cantopop in Indonesian
- Cantonese pop music
- Pop Hong Kong, Pop Kanton
Synonyms of Cantopop
Origin of Cantopop
Blend of Cantonese + pop.
Questions about Cantopop
- What does Cantopop mean?
- Cantopop means cantonese pop music, originating from Guangdong and Hong Kong.
- What is Cantopop in Arabic?
- Cantopop in Arabic is كَانْتُوبُوب (kantubūb). See Cantopop meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is Cantopop?
- Cantopop is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Cantopop?
- Cantopop is pronounced /ˈkæn.təʊˌpɒp/ (UK).
Words near Cantopop in the dictionary
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