Chinese Word of the Day

艺术家
yì shù jiā

artist

Definitions

Chinese > English
艺术家	yìshùjiā
1. n. artist
English > Chinese
artist
1. 涂家
2. 艺术家
Components
艺	yì
1. n. art
2. n. skill; talent
3. n. craft
4. n. (obsolete) limit, bound, norm
5. v. (obsolete) to plant, to grow
6. usage. Used only in compounds.
术	shù
1. art; craft; skill; technique
2. a type of millet
醫術 - the art of healing
3. method; tactics
權術 - political manoeuvre
家	jiā, jia
1. home
我的家就在這裡。 - My home is here.
2. house
3. family; household
家庭 - family
家族 - clan; family
4. (polite, for family member) my
5. domesticated; domestic
6. (Classifier for families, businesses and companies.)
7. school of thought; philosophical school
儒家 - Confucian school
道家 - Daoist School
8. (Suffix denoting a person with a certain occupation or social standing.) -er
9. (Suffix denoting specialist in a certain activity or field.) -ist; -er
藝術家 - artist
科學家 - scientist
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