lục bát
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Vietnamese[edit]
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Áo em (“Your Shirt”) by Xuân Diệu
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Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 六 (“six”) and 八 (“eight”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓaːt̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ ʔɓaːk̚˦˥]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun[edit]
- a traditional Vietnamese poetry with alternating lines of 6 and 8 syllables, whereby the last syllable of a 6-syllable line rhymes with the 6th syllable of the very next 8-syllable line, and the last syllable of an 8-syllable line rhymes with the last syllable of the very next 6-syllable line; the rhyming also has to conform to the matching of trắc or bằng tones
Usage notes[edit]
Unlike most kinds of poems, those of this kind are usually printed or displayed centered-aligned for balance.