美術

美術

See also: 美术

Chinese

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

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 美術 (びじゅつ) (bijutsu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měishù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ seot⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-su̍t
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí-su̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mui² sug⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: měishù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeishuh
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ seot⁶
    • Yale: méih seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ sêd⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ sɵt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-su̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi´ sud
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ sud⁶
    • IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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
    • IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²⁻³⁵ suk̚⁴/

Noun

美術

1. fine arts

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)

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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

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) び​じゅつ [bíꜜjùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [bʲiʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

美術 (hiragana びじゅつ, rōmaji bijutsu)

1. fine arts

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Korean

Hanja in this term
美	術

Noun

美術 • (misul) (hangeul 미술)

1. Hanja form^? of 미술 (“art”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
美	術

Noun

美術

1. Hán tự form of mĩ thuật (“art”).