Chinese Word of the Day

艺术家
yì shù jiā

artist

Definitions

Chinese > English
艺术家
1. Simplified form of 藝術家
藝術家	yìshùjiā
1. n. artist
著名藝術家 - famous artist
English > Chinese
artist
1. 涂家
2. 艺术家
Components
艺
1. Simplified form of 藝
藝	yì
1. art
文藝 - literature and art -
2. skill; talent
技藝 - skill -
手藝 - craftsmanship -
3. (literary) limit; bound; norm
4. (literary) to plant; to grow
术
1. Simplified form of 術
2. Simplified form of 朮
3. Variant of 秫
朮	shú
1. Original form of 秫 (glutinous millet; sorghum)
2. (Used in compounds such as 白朮, a type of herbal medicine.)
秫	shú
1. glutinous grain
2. (glutinous) sorghum
3. (literary) glutinous millet
4. (literary or Min) glutinous rice
術	shù
1. (obsolete) street; avenue
2. art; craft; skill; technique
醫術 - the art of healing
學術 - scholarship; academics
美術 - fine arts
技術 - technology
3. method; tactics
權術 - political manoeuvre
心術 - scheme; plotting
4. Short for 手術, surgery, (often used as suffix)
碎石術 - lithotripsy
輸精管.切除術 - vasectomy
家	jiā, jia
1. Simplified form of 傢
2. Only used in 大家#Pronunciation 3 (大家, tr=dàgū)
傢	jiā
1. stubborn, obstinate, intransigent
2. Variant of 像