| 歌 | gē | song / CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3] / to sing |
| 词 | cí | word / statement; speech; lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3]) |
| 首 | shǒu | head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc |
| 诗 | shī | poem / CL:首[shou3] / poetry / verse |
| 诗歌 | shī gē | poem / CL:本[ben3],首[shou3],段[duan4] |
| 民歌 | mín gē | folk song / CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3] |
| 花儿 | huā ér | style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:首[shou3] |