審美

See also: 审美

Chinese

		to examine; to investigate; carefully to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (審美)		審	美
simp. (审美)		审	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěnměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˇ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam² mei⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sím-bí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sim² mui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěnměi [Phonetic: shénměi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěnměi
    • Wade–Giles: shên³-mei³
    • Yale: shěn-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheenmeei
    • Palladius: шэньмэй (šɛnʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam² mei⁵
    • Yale: sám méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm³⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sím-bí
    • Tâi-lô: sím-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: symbie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sim² mui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sím múi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim⁵²⁻³⁵ mui⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

審美

1. to appreciate beauty; to appreciate the arts

   審美眼光／审美眼光  ―  shěnměi yǎnguāng  ―  eye for beauty

   審美取向／审美取向  ―  shěnměi qǔxiàng  ―  aesthetic orientation

   外國的審美／外国的审美  ―  wàiguó de shěnměi  ―  standards of beauty in other countries

Derived terms

• 審美疲勞／审美疲劳 (shěnměi píláo)
• 審美觀／审美观

 

Related terms

• 美學／美学 (měixué)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
審	美
しん Grade: S	び Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​んび [shíꜜǹbì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩmbʲi]

Noun

審(しん)美(び) • (shinbi) 

1. aesthetics

Derived terms

• 審美眼(しんびがん) (shinbigan)
• 審美歯科(しんびしか) (shinbi shika)

See also

• 美学(びがく) (bigaku)