Kinh Thi

Vietnamese

Etymology

kinh +‎ Thi, calque of Chinese 詩經 / 诗经 (Thi kinh), following the head-initial structure of Vietnamese, instead of head-final in the original language.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kïŋ˧˧ tʰi˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨn˧˧ tʰɪj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɨn˧˧ tʰɪj˧˧]

Proper noun

Kinh Thi

  1. (literature) the Classic of Poetry (the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry)

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