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

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

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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)

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