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発音

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈsinjaʊ/

名詞

xinyao (uncountable)

1. (Singapore) A genre of songs composed and sung by Singaporeans.
   • 1988 January 13, The Mirror, Singapore, page 31:

     Chinese Singaporeans are also making strides in the local music scene with xinyao, (Singapore ballads).

   • 2009, Jaime Koh, Stephanie Ho, Culture and Customs of Singapore and Malaysia, page 67:

     Xinyao was akin to the folk music produced in Taiwan during the 1970s and in the United States in the 1960s.

   • 2014 August 18, The Straits Times, Singapore:

     Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong caught the audience by surprise when he crooned the first line of xinyao classic Xi Shui Chang Liu (Friendship Forever) - which literally means "Small Stream That Flows Forever" - at the National Day Rally on Sunday.

   • 2014, Lorenzo Codelli, World Film Locations: Singapore, page 68:

     ‘XINYAO’ (a Chinese term for ‘Singapore songs’) is a homegrown music movement which was highly popular in the 1980s as its Mandarin songs written about idealism, love, local memories, and environs found recognition among mainstream audience.

使用する際の注意点

Typically used in connection with Singapore’s Chinese culture and music. Common in newspapers, books as well websites that contain information about culture in Singapore.