thơ thất ngôn tứ tuyệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

thơ (“poem”) + Chinese 七言四絕 / 七言四绝

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəː˧˧ tʰət̚˧˦ ŋon˧˧ tɨ˧˦ twiət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəː˧˧ tʰək̚˦˧˥ ŋoŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ twiək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰəː˧˧ tʰək̚˦˥ ŋoŋ˧˧ tɨ˦˥ t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˨˩˨]

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Noun

(classifier bài) thơ thất ngôn tứ tuyệt

1. a Chinese-style quatrain with 7 syllables for each line, whereby, generally, the last syllables of all but the 3rd line rhyme; poems in Vietnamese also have to have all of their syllables follow some specific patterns of trắc and bằng tones

   Synonym: thơ thất ngôn tuyệt cú