审美

審美

shěnměi

noun HSK 7-9 #32,255

Meanings

1 aesthetics; aesthetic appreciation
2 sense of beauty

Characters

beauty; beautiful

Judging beauty — aesthetics.

Examples

每个人的审美不同。

Měigè rén de shěnměi bùtóng.

Everyone has different aesthetic tastes.

这部电影的审美水平很高。

Zhèbù diànyǐng de shěnměi shuǐpíng hěn gāo.

This film has a very high aesthetic standard.

他的审美观念很独特。

Tā de shěnměi guānniàn hěn dútè.

His aesthetic sensibility is very unique.

Tips

usage

审美 functions as both a noun (aesthetics, sense of beauty) and an attributive modifier: 审美观 (aesthetic outlook), 审美标准 (aesthetic standard), 审美疲劳 (aesthetic fatigue — overexposure to something once appealing).

memory

审 = examine/judge + 美 = beauty. Literally 'judging beauty' — your aesthetic sense.

Stroke Order

审 shěn

美 měi