HSK 5 · Media

美术 měishù “art” in Chinese

Traditional 美術

What 美术 means

  1. art
  2. fine arts
  3. painting

Measure word 种 zhǒng · 一种美术 yì zhǒng měishù

How to say 美术

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale美měi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale术shù4th tone, falling

美术 in a sentence

  1. 我想去美术馆胜过去电影院。

    Wǒ xiǎng qù měishùguǎn shèngguò qù diànyǐngyuàn.

    I’d rather go to the art gallery than to the cinema.

    Sentence #920115 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 美术 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 美 (měi) with each of its parts in a different colour
美měibeautiful
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 大big · dà
The character 术 (shù) with each of its parts in a different colour
术shùmethod
  • 木tree · mù
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 美术

美 9 strokes · 术 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

美术 (měishù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 美术 (měishù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 美术

Words with 美

美měi · beautiful美丽měilì · beautiful赞美zànměi · to admire完美wánměi · perfect优美yōuměi · graceful美观měiguān · attractive美满měimǎn · happy美妙měimiào · wonderful审美shěnměi · aesthetic物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price

Words with 术

艺术yìshù · art技术jìshù · technology手术shǒushù · (surgical) operation武术wǔshù · martial arts学术xuéshù · academic魔术móshù · magic战术zhànshù · tactics

More words: Media & Arts

发表fābiǎo · to issue风格fēnggé · style角色juésè · role开幕式kāimùshì · opening ceremony媒体méitǐ · media明星míngxīng · star频道píndào · frequency色彩sècǎi · colour

FAQs

美术 (měishù) means “art” or “fine arts”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it měishù: měi with a 3rd tone, then shù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 美术 is written 美術. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 种 (zhǒng). For example, one art is 一种美术 (yì zhǒng měishù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type meishu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 美术 from the suggestions. Typing meishu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
美术 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.