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

(Hailu, HRS): mui^ˋ sud^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): mi¹ sud⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi³ soh⁶ / bi³ suoh⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bí-su̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): mui² sug⁸

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-su̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ sud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ sud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: mui^ˋ sud^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /mui⁵³ sut²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mi¹ sud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /mi⁴⁴ sut̚⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bi³ soh⁶ [Phonetic: bi² loh⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bî-seoh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(ɬ-)lɔʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bi³ suoh⁶ [Phonetic: bi² luoh⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³²⁻²⁴ ^(ɬ-)luoʔ²/
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

fine arts
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)

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)

hanja form^? of 미술 (“visual art”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美	術

Noun

美術

chữ Hán form of mĩ thuật (“art”)