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。

Lǐbái xiě le hěnduō kuàizhìrénkǒu de qījué.

Li Bai wrote many widely loved seven-character quatrains.

《早发白帝城》是著名的七绝。

《 Zǎofābáidìchéng 》 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 ràngwǒ men 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