HSK 6 · Media

审美 shěnměi “aesthetic” in Chinese

Said as shénměi

Traditional 審美

What 审美 means

  1. aesthetic
  2. sense of beauty
  3. esthetics
  4. appreciating the arts
  5. taste

How to say 审美

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale审shěn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale美měi3rd tone, dipping

Said as shénměi. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

审美 in a sentence

  1. 她没有审美感。

    Tā méiyǒu shěnměigǎn.

    She has no aesthetic sense.

    Sentence #858185 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他很有审美眼光。

    Tā hěn yǒu shěnměi yǎnguāng.

    He has a good eye for beauty.

    Sentence #433911 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 审美 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 审 (shěn) with each of its parts in a different colour
审shěnto examine
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 申to report · shēnSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 申 (shēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with shěn.

The character 美 (měi) with each of its parts in a different colour
美měibeautiful
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 大big · dà

How to write 审美

审 8 strokes · 美 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 审美

Words with 审

审查shěnchá · to examine审理shěnlǐ · to hear (a case)审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)

Words with 美

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

More words: Media & Arts

启事qǐshì · notice曲子qǔzi · tune散文sǎnwén · prose声明shēngmíng · statement时事shíshì · current affairs书法shūfǎ · calligraphy书籍shūjí · books题材tícái · subject matter

FAQs

审美 (shěnměi) means “aesthetic” or “sense of beauty”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shěnměi: shěn with a 3rd tone, then měi with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like shénměi. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 审美 is written 審美. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shenmei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 审美 from the suggestions. Typing shenmei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
审美 is an HSK 6 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.