粵

嘆taan3歌go1

taan3 go1tàn gēinferred

English

  1. song that boat people in the Pearl River Delta sing at weddings or funerals

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 珠江三角洲一帶水上人喺婚嫁(生禮)同喪禮(死禮)場合嘆唱嘅歌曲(量詞:首/隻)

Examples

  • 香港越來越少漁民,嘆歌可能會喺香港失傳。

    With the decreasing number of fishermen in Hong Kong, those boat-people songs may fail to be passed down.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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