美術

See also: 美术

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	method; technique
trad. (美術)		美	術
simp. (美术)		美	术

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měishù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ seot⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mî-su̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mi¹ sud⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí-su̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mui² sug⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měishù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měishù
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-shu⁴
    • Yale: měi-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeishuh
    • Palladius: мэйшу (mɛjšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ seot⁶
    • Yale: méih seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ sêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ sɵt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-su̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ sud
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ sud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mi¹ sud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /mi⁴⁴ sut̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-su̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bí-su̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bysut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sut̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sut̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mui² sug⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi su̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²⁻³⁵ suk̚⁴/

Noun

美術

1. fine arts
2. painting (skill of using paint to create art)

Usage notes

• Usually 美術／美术 (měishù) specifically refers to fine arts, while its near-synonym 藝術／艺术 (yìshù) may refer to any kind of art form.

Derived terms

• 工藝美術／工艺美术 (gōngyì měishù)
• 美編／美编 (měibiān)
• 美術作品／美术作品 (měishù zuòpǐn)
• 美術史／美术史 (měishùshǐ)
• 美術品／美术品 (měishùpǐn)
• 美術字／美术字 (měishùzì)
• 美術片／美术片 (měishùpiàn)
• 美術館／美术馆 (měishùguǎn)
• 舞臺美術／舞台美术 (wǔtái měishù)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	術
び Grade: 3	じゅつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

美 (bi, “beautiful”) +‎ 術 (-jutsu, “technique”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びじゅつ [bíꜜjùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bʲiʑɨt͡sɨ]

Noun

美(び)術(じゅつ) • (bijutsu) 

1. fine arts

Derived terms

• 美(び)術(じゅつ)大(だい)学(がく) (bijutsu daigaku)

Korean

Hanja in this term
美	術

Noun

美術 • (misul) (hangeul 미술)

1. hanja form^? of 미술 (“art”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美	術

Noun

美術

1. chữ Hán form of mĩ thuật (“art”).