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美术 měishù

美术 měishù Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 美术 měishù .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
měishù | mei3 shu4
English translation
art
fine arts
painting
CL: zhǒng
> zhǒng [zhǒng]

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Traditional form

美術

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 美术 měishù

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Měi

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwar resembling sheep horns.

Positional decomposition

羊大

Number of Strokes

9
shù

Explanation

Simplified form of shù . Phonosemantic compound. háng represents the meaning and shù represents the sound. The traditional component háng was removed for simplification.

Positional decomposition

木丶

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 美术 měishù

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1999 Nián 首届 shǒu jiè 东宇美术馆 měi shù guǎn 收藏 shōucáng Zhǎn ( chén yáng ?东宇美术馆).

First Dongyu Art Museum Collection Show, Shenyang Dongyu Art Museum.

zhè wèi 美术家一定 yīdìng Huā le 好几 hǎo jǐ 小时 xiǎoshí zhè 画像 huà xiàng 蚀刻 shí kè zài 玻璃 bōli shǎng .

The artist must have spent hours etching the image on the glass.

詹金森促成 cù chéng le lǎo 美术馆 měi shù guǎn de 重新 chóngxīn 整修 zhěng xiū

Jenkinson instigated a refurbishment of the old gallery.

zài 18世纪 shìjì 人们 rén men 认为 rènwéi 美术 měishù 音乐 yīnyuè 诗歌 shī gē 一样 yīyàng 能够 néng gòu 起到教化 jiào huà 作用 zuòyòng

In the 18th century art was seen, along with music and poetry, as something edifying.

索菲问是否 shìfǒu 愿意 yuànyì 来教美术课

Sophie asked her if she would like to come and give art lessons.

美术 měishù Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 美术 měishù and their own compounds.

美术 měishù Compounds

See all 15 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 美术 měishù in their composition.

  • Měi
    • gēng , měi , měi , měi , měi , , měi
  • shù
    • shù
    • shù , , shú , , , ,
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