thơ ca

See also:thoca

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• thi ca

Etymology

Non-Sino-VietnamesereadingofChineseThi ca(SV:thi ca),fromChineseThi ca／Thi ca(shīgē).CompareJapaneseThi ca(shiika, shika).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[tʰəː˧˧ kaː˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[tʰəː˧˧ kaː˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[tʰəː˧˧ kaː˧˧]

Noun

thơca

1. (literary)Synonym ofthơ(“poetry”)
2. (literary,literal,collective)poetryandsinging

   thơ ca nhạc hoạ

   poetry, singing, music and painting; the arts