平ひょう韻いん

noun

level-tone rhyme

Technical term in Chinese poetry and phonology referring to a rhyme that uses the level tone (平声). Contrasts with 仄韻 (oblique-tone rhyme).

See also: 平声 · 仄韻

• 漢かん詩しでは、平ひょう韻いんと仄そく韻いんを使つかい分わけることが重じゅう要ようだ。

  In Chinese poetry, it is important to distinguish between level-tone rhymes and oblique-tone rhymes.