tứ tuyệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 四 (“four”) and 絕 (“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

• ngũ ngôn tứ tuyệt
• thất ngôn tứ tuyệt