俳句

Chinese

		irresolute; not serious; variety show	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
trad. (俳句)		俳	句
simp. #(俳句)		俳	句

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páijù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴ geoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páijù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páijyù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²-chü⁴
    • Yale: pái-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pairjiuh
    • Palladius: пайцзюй (pajczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paai⁴ geoi³
    • Yale: pàaih geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴ goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pai⁴ gêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯²¹ kɵy̯³³/

Noun

俳句

1. haiku

Japanese

Kanji in this term
俳	句
はい Grade: 6	く Grade: 5
on'yomi

Examples
"old pond" by Matsuo Bashō: 古池や蛙飛び込む水の音 (ふるいけや / かわずとびこむ / みずのおと) "old pond / frog leaps in / water's sound"

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はいく [hàíkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ikɯ̟]

• Audio:

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Noun

俳(はい)句(く) • (haiku) 

1. haiku, a poem that usually consists of 5-7-5 morae

See also

• 俳諧(はいかい) (haikai)