小令

xiǎolìng
noun

Measure Word

一首小令 shǒu

Meanings

  1. 1 short song (a single-tune piece of sanqu verse)
  2. 2 short ci poem

Examples

HSK 6
词按长短分为小令、中调和长调。
Cí àn chángduǎn fēnwéi xiǎolìng, zhōngdiào hé chángdiào.
By length, ci poems are divided into short, medium and long forms.
HSK 7-9
Mǎ Zhìyuǎn de 《 Tiānjìngshā · Qiūsī 》 shì yì shǒu yǒumíng de xiǎolìng.
Ma Zhiyuan's "Autumn Thoughts", to the tune Tianjingsha, is a famous short song.

Tips

history
In 散曲, a 小令 is a single short song, while a 套数 strings several songs in one musical mode together. For 词, a traditional classification counts any poem of 58 characters or fewer as a 小令.

Stroke Order

小 xiǎo
令 lìng