nghệ thuật

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • nghệ-thuật

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 藝術, composed of 藝 (“art”) and 術 (“craft”), from Japanese 芸術 (geijutsu), from Middle Chinese 藝術 (“court arts and crafts”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋe˧˨ʔ tʰwət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋej˨˩ʔ tʰwək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋej˨˩˨ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

nghệ thuật

  1. art
    nghệ thuật vị nghệ thuật/nhân sinh/luân lí/xã hội/tôn giáo ― art for art's/life's/morality's/society's/religion's sake

See also

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