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Meaning of 词调

词调 means original tune for composing cí poetry; later, the set prosodic and tonal pattern (meter) of a cí form. Pronounced cí diào.

  • original tune for composing cí poetry; later, the set prosodic and tonal pattern (meter) of a cí form

Definitions & Examples

 
Niàn
jiāo
 
shì
zhù
míng
de
diào
 

'Niannu Jiao' is a famous cí tune (metrical pattern).

Yán
jiū
Sòng
 
shú
zhǒng
diào
de
 

To study Song dynasty cí poetry, one must be familiar with the metrical rules of various cí forms.

Zhè
diào
de
píng
ān
pái
fēi
cháng
yán
 

The tonal pattern arrangement for this cí form is very strict.

rén
yào
àn
zhào
dìng
de
diào
jìn
xíng
chuàng
zuò
 

Poets needed to compose according to the fixed metrical pattern of the cí form.