Mandopop

Mandopop
Stylistic origins	Chinese music hip hop pop rock jazz folk
Cultural origins	1920s–1940s, Shanghai, Republic of China
Other topics
Cantopop Taiwanese pop J-pop K-pop V-pop Chinese rock

Mandopop
Traditional Chinese	華語流行音樂
Simplified Chinese	华语流行音乐
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáyǔ liúxíng yīnyuè Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Waa4jyu5 lau4hang4 jam1ngok6

Mandopop (simplified Chinese: 华语流行音乐; traditional Chinese: 華語流行音樂; pinyin: Huáyǔ liúxíng yīnyuè) is a colloquial abbreviation for "Mandarin popular music." It is a subgenre of commercial Chinese-language music within C-pop. Mandopop was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a viable industry. As the name implies, Mandopop is sung in Mandarin Chinese.