Vietnamese Word Entry

四藝

Quốc ngữ:	tứ nghệ
Definitions:	the Four Arts which were the four main academic and artistic talents required of the aristocratic ancient Chinese scholar-gentleman: cầm (琴, ""string instrument"") kì (棋, ""board game"") thư (書, ""calligraphy"") In the Vietnamese tradition, usually replaced by thi (詩, ""poetry"") hoạ (畫, ""painting"")

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Chinese characters used in this word

four

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄙˋ (sì)
Cantonese:	sei3
Japanese:	シ (shi) / よ (yo)、よ.つ (yotsu)、よっ.つ (yottsu)、よん (yon)、よたび (yotabi)
Korean:	사 (sa)
Vietnamese:	tứ

Variants

Semantic variant form:

肆

藝	art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt, talent, ability

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄧˋ (yì)
Cantonese:	ngai6
Japanese:	ゲイ (gei)、ウン (un) / う.える (ueru)、のり (nori)、わざ (waza)
Korean:	예 (ye)
Vietnamese:	nghệ

Variants

Simplified Chinese form:	艺
Simplified Japanese form:	芸
Semantic variant forms:	埶、蓺