Dictionary

C-pop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsiːˌpɒp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsiˌpɑp/ (General-American)

Etymology

From C- (“Chinese”) + pop, by analogy with J-pop.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Chinese pop music influenced by western genres.
   • 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:

Forms

Coordinates

H-pop · L-pop · Mandopop · M-pop · P-pop · Q-pop · T-pop · V-pop · Cantopop · J-pop · K-pop · I-pop · HK-pop

Hyponyms

Cantopop · Mandopop

Translations (17)

ja 中華ポップ (Chinese pop music) · ru кита́йский поп (Chinese pop music) · cmn 中文流行音樂 /中文流行音乐 (Chinese pop music) · ko 중국 팝 음악 (Chinese pop music) · ko C팝 (Chinese pop music) · ru си-по́п (Chinese pop music) · ja C-POP (shī-poppu) (Chinese pop music) · ja 中華ポップス (Chinese pop music) · ja Cポップ (Chinese pop music) · mr सी-पॉप (Chinese pop music) · ru кита́йская поп-му́зыка (Chinese pop music) · fr C-pop (Chinese pop music) · de C-Pop (Chinese pop music) · ko C-pop (ssi-pap) (Chinese pop music) · ko 씨팝 (Chinese pop music) · fr pop chinoise (Chinese pop music) · ja シー・ポップ (Chinese pop music)