佳句

Chinese

		excellent	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
simp. and trad. (佳句)		佳	句

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiājù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ geoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiājù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiajyù
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: jyā-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiajiuh
    • Palladius: цзяцзюй (czjaczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai¹ geoi³
    • Yale: gāai geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ gêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ kɵy̯³³/

Noun

佳句

1. (literature) beautiful line of verse

Derived terms

• 錦囊佳句／锦囊佳句

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佳	句
か Grade: S	く Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 佳句.

Noun

佳(か)句(く) • (kaku) 

1. (literature) beautiful passage of literature