nghệ sĩ
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 藝士.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋe˧˨ʔ si˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋej˨˩ʔ ʂɪj˧˨] ~ [ŋej˨˩ʔ sɪj˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋej˨˩˨ ʂɪj˨˩˦] ~ [ŋej˨˩˨ sɪj˨˩˦]
Noun
- (chiefly film, television) a specialist in humanities; an artist, painter, musician, actor, comic, etc.
- nghệ sĩ hài
- a comedian