起句

起句

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
trad. (起句)		起	句
simp. #(起句)		起	句

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² geoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǐjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiijiw
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² geoi³
    • Yale: héi geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² gêu³
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ kɵy̯³³/

Noun

起句

1. (poetry) first line of a poem

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	句
き Grade: 3	く Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

起句 (hiragana きく, rōmaji kiku)

1. Opening section of a piece of writing.
2. The first line of a traditional poem.