"画" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 画
画
- Traditional
- 畫
- Radical
- 田 (5 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 8
- Structure
- haut et bas
- HSK
- HSK 3
- Cangjie
- MUW 一山田
- Sijiao
- 1077.0
- Wubi
- GLBJ
- GB 2312
- BBAD
- Unicode
- U+753B
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 画 畫 | to draw / to paint / picture / painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 画面 畫面 | scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view | syn | |
| 画家 畫家 | painter / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 画廊 畫廊 | art gallery / decorated corridor | ||
| 画册 畫冊 | picture album | ||
| 画画 畫畫 | to draw / to paint | syn | |
| 画质 畫質 | image quality / resolution / definition | ||
| 画像 畫像 | portrait / to do a portrait of sb | syn | |
| 画笔 畫筆 | painting brush | ||
| 画展 畫展 | art exhibition | ||
| 画图 畫圖 | to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city) | syn | |
| 画报 畫報 | illustrated magazine / CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],冊|册[ce4],期[qi1] | ||
| 画卷 畫卷 | picture scroll | ||
| 画作 畫作 | painting / picture | ||
| 画室 畫室 | artist's studio / atelier | ||
| 画法 畫法 | painting technique / drawing method | ||
| 画布 畫布 | canvas (artist's painting surface) | ||
| 画风 畫風 | painting style | ||
| 画眉 畫眉 | to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) | syn | |
| 画师 畫師 | (art) painter | syn | |
| 画框 畫框 | picture frame | ||
| 画舫 畫舫 | decorated pleasure boat | ||
| 画幅 畫幅 | painting / picture / dimension of a painting | ||
| 画坛 畫壇 | painting world / painting circles | ||
| 画儿 畫兒 | picture / drawing / painting | ||
| 画皮 畫皮 | painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty) | syn | |
| 画稿 畫稿 | rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it | ||
| 画架 畫架 | easel | ||
| 画押 畫押 | to sign / to make one's mark | syn | |
| 画卷 畫卷 | picture scroll | ||
| 画刷 畫刷 | paintbrush | ||
| 画圆 畫圓 | to draw a circle | ||
| 画毡 畫氈 | felt desk pad for calligraphy | ||
| 画轴 畫軸 | character scroll / scroll painting | syn | |
| 画外音 畫外音 | voice-over / background narration | ||
| 画眉鸟 畫眉鳥 | Chinese Huamei / Leucodioptron canorum / babbler | ||
| 画等号 畫等號 | to equate / to consider (two things) to be equivalent | ||
| 画眉草 畫眉草 | teff | ||
| 画十字 畫十字 | to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper) | ||
| 画龙点睛 畫龍點睛 | to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point | syn | |
| 画蛇添足 畫蛇添足 | lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it | syn | |
| 画地为牢 畫地為牢 | lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities | syn | |
| 画饼充饥 畫餅充飢 | lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom) | syn | |
| 画荻教子 畫荻教子 | to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education | ||
| 画地为狱 畫地為獄 | see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2] | ||
| 画插图者 畫插圖者 | illustrator | ||
| 画地自限 畫地自限 | lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom) / fig. to impose restrictions on oneself | ||
| 画法几何 畫法幾何 | descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations) | ||
| 画虎类犬 畫虎類犬 | to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it |