Kinh Thi

Vietnamese

In the book, Sơ học vấn tân 初學問津 (1888), Kinh Thi is written as 經詩 in the chữ Nôm gloss.

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)

Coordinate terms

The Five Classics

• Kinh Thi (經詩): the Classic of Poetry
• Kinh Thư (經書): the Classic of History
• Kinh Lễ (經禮): the Book of Rites
• Kinh Dịch (經易): the I Ching
• Kinh Xuân Thu (經春秋): the Spring and Autumn Annals