Kinh Lễ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 經禮.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïŋ˧˧ le˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ lej˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ lej˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Kinh Lễ

1. (literature) The Book of Rites or Classic of Rites (a classic Confucian text describing the social forms, administration, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou dynasty)

Coordinate terms

The Five Classics

• Kinh Thi (經詩): the Classic of Poetry
• Kinh Thư (經書): the Classic of History
• Kinh Lễ (經禮): the Book of Rites
• Kinh Dịch (經易): the I Ching
• Kinh Xuân Thu (經春秋): the Spring and Autumn Annals