C-pop

//ˈsiːˌpɒp// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Chinese pop music influenced by western genres. uncountable

    "Mandopop and its Cantonese equivalent, Cantopop, are subsets of Chinese pop, or C-pop, whose roots stretch back almost 100 years."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of C-pop. alt-of, uncountable

Example

More examples

"Mandopop and its Cantonese equivalent, Cantopop, are subsets of Chinese pop, or C-pop, whose roots stretch back almost 100 years."

Etymology

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

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