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]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɪj˨˩˦ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier nền) mĩ thuật

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

Derived terms

• trường mĩ thuật

See also

• nghệ thuật