tứ tuyệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    tứ tuyệt

    1. (poetry) Jueju, a quatrain in which each line consists of five or seven syllables
      Synonym: tuyệt cú

    See also