长调 chángdiào
(1) [a sentence of a poem made up by seven words in Tang Dynasty]∶唐人称七个字一句的诗歌为长调,五个字一句的诗歌为短调
(2) [a ci poems composed of more than ninty-one words]∶词家称九十一字以上的词为长调
字数较多的词调。清朝毛先舒以九十一字以上者为长调。 清.万树《词律.发凡》:「自草堂有小令、中调、长调之目,后人因之,但亦约略云尔。」