五言絕句

简 五言绝句 · 繁 五言絕句
Mandarin · pinyin wǔ yán jué jù

Meanings

  1. poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
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五
wǔ · five; surname
言
yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
絕
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句
jù · sentence
绝
jué · to cut, sever, break off, terminate
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Mandarin tones

3–2–2–4 · wu3 yan2 jue2 ju4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ng5 jin4 zyut6 geoi3

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ng5 jin4 zyut6 geoi3

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noun

  1. (poetry) pentasyllabic quatrain; five-syllable quatrain

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五言絕句 · wu3 yan2 jue2 ju4
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Exact source record五言絕句 五言绝句 [wu3 yan2 jue2 ju4] /poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line/