Kinh Thi

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïŋ˧˧ tʰi˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ tʰɪj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ tʰɪj˧˧]

Proper noun edit

Kinh Thi

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

Coordinate terms edit

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