Word Meaning 片言隻句

へんげんせきく hengensekiku

片言隻句 is read as へんげんせきく (hengensekiku) and means few words.

Meaning

English

  1. few words
  2. single phrase

Reading

Kana

へんげんせきく

Romaji

hengensekiku

Writing Variants

  • 片言隻句 へんげんせっく hengensekku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Yojijukugo Rank 121605 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一言隻句

いちごんせきく

every single word and phrase

片言隻語

へんげんせきご

(not even) a few words

一言半句

いちげんはんく

a single word

金言名句

きんげんめいく

golden (wise) saying

一言一句

いちごんいっく

every single word and phrase

五言絶句

ごごんぜっく

poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters

七言絶句

しちごんぜっく

poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters

言句

げんく

(a few) words

隻句

せっく

a few words

片言

かたこと

prattle

片言交じり

かたことまじり

mixture of correct and broken speech

片言英語

かたことえいご

halting English