Meanings
C-pop1
nounC-pop (uncountable)
alternative C-Pop · alternative Cpop · alternative CPop
- uncountableentertainmentChinese 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
C-Pop2
nounC-Pop (uncountable)
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of C-pop.
Origin
From C- (“Chinese”) + pop, by analogy with J-pop.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 中文流行音樂 /中文流行音乐
- 中文流行音樂 /中文流行音乐 (Zhōngwén liúxíng yīnyuè)Chinese pop music
French C-pop, pop chinoise
- C-popChinese pop music
- pop chinoiseChinese pop music
German C-Pop
- C-PopChinese pop music
Japanese C-POP (shī-poppu), Cポップ
- C-POP (shī-poppu)Chinese pop music
- Cポップ (shī-poppu)Chinese pop music
- シー・ポップ (shī-poppu)Chinese pop music
- 中華ポップ (Chūka-poppu)Chinese pop music
- 中華ポップス (Chūka-poppusu)Chinese pop music
Korean C-pop (ssi-pap), C팝
- C-pop (ssi-pap)Chinese pop music
- C팝 (ssipap)Chinese pop music
- 씨팝 (ssipap)Chinese pop music
- 중국 팝 음악 (jungguk pap eumak)Chinese pop music
Russian кита́йский поп, си-по́п
- кита́йский поп (kitájskij pop)Chinese pop music
- си-по́п (si-póp)Chinese pop music
- кита́йская поп-му́зыка (kitájskaja pop-múzyka)Chinese pop music
Cite this entry
APA
C-pop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/C-pop
MLA
“C-pop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/C-pop. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “C-pop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/C-pop.
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