七绝

七絕

qījué

noun

Meanings

1 seven-character quatrain
2 classical poem of four lines with seven characters each

Characters

quatrain (abbr. of 绝句)

Examples

李白写了很多脍炙人口的七绝。

Lǐ Bái xiě le hěn duō kuàizhìrénkǒu de qījué.

Li Bai wrote many widely loved seven-character quatrains.

《早发白帝城》是著名的七绝。

《Zǎo Fā Báidì Chéng》 shì zhùmíng de qījué.

'Leaving Baidi City at Dawn' is a famous seven-character quatrain.

老师让我们背一首七绝。

Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen bèi yì shǒu qījué.

The teacher asked us to memorize a seven-character quatrain.

Tips

culture

Short for 七言绝句. A 七绝 has 4 lines of 7 characters (28 total), with rhymes on lines 1, 2, and 4 and a defined 平仄 tonal pattern. 五绝 (5-char quatrain) is its shorter cousin.

Stroke Order

七 qī

绝 jué