五言绝句 wǔyánjuéjù five-character quatrain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 五言 wǔyán five-character (of poetry) consisting of five characters per line绝句 絕句 juéjù quatrain A form of Chinese poetry consisting of four lines; common types include the five-character quatrain and the seven-character quatrain.