tứ nghệ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 四藝, composed of 四 (“four”) and 藝 (“ability, skill”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨ˧˦ ŋe˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ ŋej˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɨ˦˥ ŋej˨˩˨]

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Proper noun

tứ nghệ

1. the Four arts which were the four main academic and artistic talents required of the aristocratic ancient Chinese scholar-gentleman, namely qin (the guqin, a stringed instrument, cầm), qi (the strategy game of Go, kì), shu (Chinese calligraphy, thư) (in the Vietnamese tradition, usually replaced by shi (poetry, thi)) and hua (Chinese painting, hoạ)

See also

• lục nghệ