song thất lục bát

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 雙 (“double”), 七 (“seven”), 六 (“six”) and 八 (“eight”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰət̚˧˦ lʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓaːt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰək̚˦˧˥ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥] ~ [sɔŋ˧˧ tʰək̚˦˧˥ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰək̚˦˥ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ ʔɓaːk̚˦˥] ~ [sawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰək̚˦˥ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ ʔɓaːk̚˦˥]

Noun

song thất lục bát

1. (poetry) a quatrain comprising a couplet of two seven-syllable lines followed by a couplet of one six-syllable line and one eight-syllable line.

See also

1. Song thất lục bát on Wikipedia.Wikipedia