nhạc sĩ
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 樂 (“music”) and 士 (“-ist; -ian”), equivalent to nhạc + -sĩ.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲaːk̚˧˨ʔ si˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲaːk̚˨˩ʔ ʂɪj˧˨] ~ [ɲaːk̚˨˩ʔ sɪj˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɲaːk̚˨˩˨ ʂɪj˨˩˦] ~ [ɲaːk̚˨˩˨ sɪj˨˩˦]
Noun edit
- a musician, especially a songwriter or a composer