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Sino-Vietnamese word from 喜劇 (“comedy”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hi˧˦ kïk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hɪj˨˩˦ kɨt̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hɪj˦˥ kɨt̚˨˩˨]

hí kịch

1. (archaic) comedy

• Dante Alighieri's Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)” translates to Vietnamese Thần khúc (literally, “Divine Ode”), in keeping with the meaning “a narrative poem with an agreeable ending” of commedia “comedy” in Medieval Europe.

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