Meanings
nounMandopop (uncountable)
alternative Mandapop
- uncountableentertainmentMandarin pop music.
Last year, Mandopop streams went up 45 per cent on Spotify, which is unavailable in China.
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
Origin
Blend of Mandarin + -o- + pop, modified on Cantopop.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَانْدُوبُوب
- مَانْدُوبُوب (mandubūb)Mandarin pop music
Chinese Mandarin 華語流行音樂 /华语流行音乐, 國語流行音樂 /国语流行音乐
- 華語流行音樂 /华语流行音乐 (Huáyǔ liúxíng yīnyuè)Mandarin pop music
- 國語流行音樂 /国语流行音乐 (Guóyǔ liúxíng yīnyuè)Mandarin pop music
- 普通話歌曲 /普通话歌曲 (Pǔtōnghuà gēqǔ)Mandarin pop music
French mandopop
- mandopopMandarin pop music
German Mandopop
- MandopopMandarin pop music
Hungarian mandopop
- mandopopMandarin pop music
Indonesian Pop Mandarin
- Pop MandarinMandarin pop music
Italian mandopop
- mandopopMandarin pop music
Japanese 中華ポップ, 中華ポップス
- 中華ポップ (Chūka-poppu)Mandarin pop music
- 中華ポップス (Chūka-poppusu)Mandarin pop music
- マンドポップ (mandopoppu)Mandarin pop music
Korean 만도팝
- 만도팝 (mandopap)Mandarin pop music
Norwegian mandopop
- mandopopMandarin pop music
Russian мандопо́п, мандари́н-поп
- мандопо́п (mandopóp)Mandarin pop music
- мандари́н-поп (mandarín-pop)Mandarin pop music
- кита́йский поп (kitájskij pop)Mandarin pop music
Cite this entry
APA
Mandopop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mandopop
MLA
“Mandopop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mandopop. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mandopop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mandopop.
Source: Mandopop on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.