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中国画 中國畫 zhōng guó huà Chinese painting syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn
人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn
传真 傳真 chuán zhēn to fax / a fax / (literary) to portray vividly in painting syn
空手 kōng shǒu empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate syn
油画 油畫 yóu huà oil painting
美术 美術 měi shù art / fine arts / painting / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
肖像 xiào xiàng portrait (painting, photo etc) / (in a general sense) representation of a person / likeness syn
中餐 zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4]
透视 透視 tòu shì (drawing and painting) perspective / (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy / to examine by X-ray / (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth / to gain insight syn
卷轴 卷軸 juàn zhóu scroll (book or painting)
壁画 壁畫 bì huà mural (painting) / fresco
画作 畫作 huà zuò painting / picture
画布 畫布 huà bù canvas (artist's painting surface)
名画 名畫 míng huà famous painting
润色 潤色 rùn sè to polish (a piece of writing) / to add a few finishing touches to (a piece of writing, painting etc) syn
渲染 xuàn rǎn rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish syn
三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
画笔 畫筆 huà bǐ painting brush
墨迹 墨跡 mò jì ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person syn
败笔 敗筆 bài bǐ a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing syn
华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn
中医 中醫 zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine syn
条幅 條幅 tiáo fú wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner
指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
苍老 蒼老 cāng lǎo old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful syn
涂改 tú gǎi to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid) syn
音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
临摹 臨摹 lín mó to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) syn
落款 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
中华 中華 zhōng huá Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] syn
字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
真迹 真跡 zhēn jì authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist) syn
画幅 畫幅 huà fú painting / picture / dimension of a painting
笔触 筆觸 bǐ chù brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing syn
汉文 漢文 hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
手迹 手跡 shǒu jì sb's original handwriting or painting syn
象形 xiàng xíng pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn
烘托 hōng tuō background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage) syn
仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn
跃然纸上 躍然紙上 yuè rán zhǐ shàng to appear vividly on paper (idiom) / to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc) / to stand out markedly syn
书画 書畫 shū huà painting and calligraphy syn
字画 字畫 zì huà the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting syn
会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn
花鸟 花鳥 huā niǎo painting of birds and flowers
静物 靜物 jìng wù (painting) still life
彩画 彩畫 cǎi huà color painting
小幅 xiǎo fú by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small syn
画法 畫法 huà fǎ painting technique / drawing method
白头翁 白頭翁 bái tóu wēng root of Chinese pulsatilla / Chinese bulbul
邓小平 鄧小平 dèng xiǎo píng Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
华侨 華僑 huá qiáo overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
国学 國學 guó xué Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history) syn
水墨画 水墨畫 shuǐ mò huà ink and wash painting
工笔 工筆 gōng bǐ gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
岩画 巖畫 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
画坛 畫壇 huà tán painting world / painting circles
点染 點染 diǎn rǎn to touch up (a piece of writing) / to add details (to a painting) syn
简体中文 簡體中文 jiǎn tǐ zhōng wén simplified character Chinese, simplified Chinese
中华民族 中華民族 zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) syn
华文 華文 huá wén Chinese language / Chinese script
国画 國畫 guó huà traditional Chinese painting syn
中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
写意 寫意 xiě yì to suggest (rather than depict in detail) / freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details syn
本草 běn cǎo a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
中资 中資 zhōng zī Chinese capital / Chinese enterprise
水墨 shuǐ mò ink (used in painting)
国共 國共 guó gòng Chinese Nationalist Party 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3] and Chinese Communist Party 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3] syn
凉粉 涼粉 liáng fěn liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish)
山水画 山水畫 shān shuǐ huà landscape painting
画风 畫風 huà fēng painting style
丹青 dān qīng painting syn
侨务 僑務 qiáo wù matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government)
琴棋书画 琴棋書畫 qín qí shū huà the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) / the accomplishments of a well-educated person
柴胡 chái hú Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense) / root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
白脸 白臉 bái liǎn white face / face painting in Beijing opera etc
简体字 簡體字 jiǎn tǐ zì simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4] syn
菜心 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage
楠木 nán mù Phoebe zhennan / Machilus nanmu / Chinese cedar / Chinese giant redwood
描摹 miáo mó to trace over / to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) / (fig.) to describe / to portray syn
熟地 shú dì cultivated land / in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa) syn
造字 zào zì to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
立轴 立軸 lì zhóu vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy) / vertical shaft (of a machine)
画儿 畫兒 huà r picture / drawing / painting
顿挫 頓挫 dùn cuò a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes / a cadence / punctuated by a transition / with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
画稿 畫稿 huà gǎo rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
搁笔 擱筆 gē bǐ to put down the brush / to stop writing (or painting)
huà 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
chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn
rǎn to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting syn
dài umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow syn
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
biǎo to hang (paper) / to mount (painting) syn
nán Machilus nanmu / Chinese cedar / Chinese giant redwood syn
象形字 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
上款 shàng kuǎn addressee / name of recipient on painting or scroll
一挥而就 一揮而就 yī huī ér jiù to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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