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艺术

yì shù

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 藝術

艺术 (yì shù) means "art". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 艺术 means

1. art

The characters in 艺术

• 艺yìskill; art
• 术shùmethod; technique

Example sentences

• 我喜欢艺术。
  I like art.
• 为艺术而艺术。
  Art for art's sake.
• 我学习艺术史。
  I study art history.
• 汤姆是艺术家。
  Tom is an artist.
• 你了解艺术吗？
  Do you know anything about art?
• 谁买这种艺术品？
  Shéi mǎi zhèzhǒng yìshùpǐn?
  Who buys this type of art?

Words starting with 艺术

• 艺术家yì shù jiāartist
• 艺术品yì shù pǐnart piece; work of art
• 艺术节yì shù jiéarts festival
• 艺术馆yì shù guǎnart gallery; museum of art
• 艺术学院yì shù xué yuànart institute; art and drama college
• 艺术史yì shù shǐart history
• 艺术片yì shù piànart film; art house film
• 艺术体操yì shù tǐ cāorhythmic gymnastics
• 艺术造街yì shù zào jiēcity precinct with a streetscape created by artists

Words containing 艺术

• 民间艺术mín jiān yì shùfolk art
• 形象艺术xíng xiàng yì shùvisual arts
• 普普艺术pǔ pǔ yì shù(Taiwan; loanword) pop art
• 波普艺术bō pǔ yì shùpop art (loanword)
• 行动艺术xíng dòng yì shùperformance art
• 行为艺术xíng wéi yì shùperformance art
• 造型艺术zào xíng yì shùvisual arts
• 行动艺术家xíng dòng yì shù jiāperformance artist
• 行为艺术家xíng wéi yì shù jiāperformance artist
• 综合艺术zōng hé yì shùcomposite arts; multimedia arts
• 中国文学艺术界联合会Zhōng guó Wén xué Yì shù jiè Lián hé huìChina Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC); abbr. to 文联

Sounds the same

Read yì shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 忆述to talk (or write) about one's recollections of past events

Where 艺术 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Culture, arts & media (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yì shù correctly.
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