ngũ ngôn tứ tuyệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (five), (speech), (four) and (to cut off).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ ŋon˧˧ tɨ˧˦ twiət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ ŋoŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ twiək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ ŋoŋ˧˧ tɨ˦˥ t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

ngũ ngôn tứ tuyệt

  1. (poetry) a form of Jueju in which each line consists of five syllables
    Synonym: ngũ ngôn tuyệt cú

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