"paint" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 油漆 | oil paints / lacquer / to paint / CL:層|层[ceng2] | syn | |
| 涂抹 塗抹 | to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate | syn | |
| 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 | |
| 涂料 塗料 | paint | ||
| 绘画 繪畫 | to draw / to paint | syn | |
| 颜料 顏料 | paint / dye / pigment | syn | |
| 画画 畫畫 | to draw / to paint | syn | |
| 作画 作畫 | to paint | syn | |
| 粉刷 | to paint / to whitewash / emulsion / plaster | syn | |
| 粉饰 粉飾 | to paint / to whitewash / to decorate / plaster / fig. to gloss over / to cover up | syn | |
| 设色 設色 | to paint / to color | syn | |
| 着色 著色 | to apply color / to color / to paint | syn | |
| 绘 繪 | to draw / to paint / to depict / to portray | syn | |
| 刷 | a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc) | syn | |
| 漆 | paint / lacquer / CL:道[dao4] / to paint (furniture, walls etc) | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 涂饰 塗飾 | to apply paint, veneer etc / to plaster over / decorative coating / finish / veneer | syn | |
| 手绘 手繪 | to paint by hand / to draw by hand / hand-painted / hand-drawn | ||
| 水性 | swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc) | ||
| 头道 頭道 | first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc) | ||
| 喷漆 噴漆 | to spray paint or lacquer / lacquer | syn | |
| 乳胶漆 乳膠漆 | latex paint / emulsion paint | ||
| 脱皮 脫皮 | (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience | syn | |
| 双管齐下 雙管齊下 | lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time | syn | |
| 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 | |
| 天那水 | paint thinner | ||
| 酥油花 | butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products) | ||
| 油 | oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning | syn | |
| 搽 | to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on | syn | |
| 涂去 塗去 | to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc / to paint out / to paint over | ||
| 含铅涂料 | lead paint / lead-based paint | ||
| 绝热漆 絕熱漆 | heat-resistant paint | ||
| 饮酒作乐 飲酒作樂 | drinking party / to go on a binge / to paint the town red | ||
| 喷漆房 | paint tunnel | ||
| 喷漆室 噴漆室 | paint-spraying booth | ||
| 欧洲油漆油墨油彩业理事会 歐洲油漆油墨油彩業理事會 | European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry | ||
| 金漆 | copper paint / fake gold leaf | ||
| 掉漆 | to peel off (paint) / (fig.) to be exposed / to lose face (Tw) | ||
| 底料 | base ingredient / base (cooking) / primer (paint) | ||
| 滚筒刷 滾筒刷 | paint roller | ||
| 涂白剂 塗白劑 | a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc | ||
| 扫眉 掃眉 | to paint the eyebrows | ||
| 朱漆 | (traditional) red paint / red lacquer |