mĩ thuật

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

mĩ-thuật, mỹ thuật, mỹ-thuật

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 美術, composed of 美 (“beautiful”) and 術 (“art”), from Japanese 美術 (bijutsu, “fine arts”), calqued from English fine arts.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mi˦ˀ˥ tʰwət̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɪj˧˨ tʰwək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɪj˨˩˦ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier nền) mĩ thuật

some visual arts, such as painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic design, animation, photography
(primary education, as a subject) drawing and painting

Derived terms

trường mĩ thuật

See also

nghệ thuật

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