念四句

Chinese

		to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty	rhyming set of sentences read by a character in Hokkien opera
trad. (念四句)		念	四句
simp. #(念四句)		念	四句

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liām-sì-kù

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām-sì-kù
    • Tâi-lô: liām-sì-kù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaxmsie'kux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁴¹⁻²² si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ku⁴¹/

Noun

念四句

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien, opera) rhyming set of sentences read by a character in Hokkien opera (often comes in sets of four)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 四句, 四句仔, 四念白, 四句念, 四句聯仔／四句联仔