Kinh Thư
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Vietnamese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (obsolete) Kinh Thơ
Etymology[edit]
kinh + Thư, calque of Chinese 書經/书经 (Thư kinh), following the head-initial structure of Vietnamese, instead of head-final in the original language.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kïŋ˧˧ tʰɨ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨn˧˧ tʰɨ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kɨn˧˧ tʰɨ˧˧]
Proper noun[edit]
- (literature) the Classic of History (a collection of documents and speeches alleged to have been written by rulers and officials of the early Zhou Dynasty and before)
- Synonym: Thượng Thư