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审美

shěn měi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 審美

审美 (shěn měi) means "esthetics". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 审美 means

1. esthetics
2. appreciating the arts
3. taste

The characters in 审美

• 审shěnto examine; to investigate; carefully
• 美měibeautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify

Example sentences

• 她没有审美感。
  Tā méiyǒu shěnměi gǎn.
  She has no sense of beauty.
• 他很有审美眼光。
  Tā hěn yǒu shěnměiyǎnguāng.
  He has an eye for the beautiful.

Words starting with 审美

• 审美观shěn měi guānesthetic conception; esthetic point of view; standard
• 审美活动shěn měi huó dòngappreciating the arts; esthetic activity
• 审美快感shěn měi kuài gǎnesthetic pleasure
• 审美眼光shěn měi yǎn guāngan eye for beauty; aesthetic judgment

Where 审美 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shēng–shèn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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