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huà
HSK 2.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. to draw
  2. 2. picture
  3. 3. painting
  4. 4. CL:幅
  5. 5. 張|张[zhāng]

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 9700539)

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Words Containing 画

画法
huà fǎ

painting technique

画笔
huà bǐ

painting brush

下画线
xià huà xiàn

underline

透视画
tòu shì huà

perspective drawing

画等号
huà děng hào

to equate

画像
huà xiàng

portrait

名画
míng huà

famous painting

画廊
huà láng

art gallery

区画
qū huà

subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)

画毡
huà zhān

felt desk pad for calligraphy

广告宣传画
guǎng gào xuān chuán huà

placard; poster

画画
huà huà

to draw; to paint

画圆
huà yuán

to draw a circle

画地自限
huà dì zì xiàn

lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom)

依样画葫芦
yī yàng huà hú lu

lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)

诗情画意
shī qíng huà yì

picturesque charm

徒手画
tú shǒu huà

freehand drawing

岩画
yán huà

rock painting

宣传画
xuān chuán huà

propaganda poster

画坛
huà tán

painting world

点画
diǎn huà

strokes of a Chinese character

画外音
huà wài yīn

voice-over

画室
huà shì

artist's studio

水彩画
shuǐ cǎi huà

watercolor

刻画
kè huà

to portray

壁画
bì huà

mural (painting)

贴画
tiē huà

pinup picture

照猫画虎
zhào māo huà hǔ

lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject

画十字
huà shí zì

to make the sign of the cross

版画
bǎn huà

printmaking

行政区画
xíng zhèng qū huà

administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)

雕梁画栋
diāo liáng huà dòng

richly ornamented (building)

淫画
yín huà

obscene picture

名画家
míng huà jiā

famous painter

画虎不成反类犬
huà hǔ bù chéng fǎn lèi quǎn

to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)

意存笔先,画尽意在
yì cún bǐ xiān , huà jìn yì zài

the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through

彩画
cǎi huà

color painting

动画
dòng huà

animation

鬼画符
guǐ huà fú

undecipherable handwriting

春画
chūn huà

erotic print

木版画
mù bǎn huà

woodcut; wood engraving

指手画脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

to gesticulate while talking (idiom)

画图
huà tú

to draw designs, maps etc

画框
huà kuàng

picture frame

画作
huà zuò

painting; picture

计算机动画
jì suàn jī dòng huà

computer animation

画架
huà jià

easel

架上绘画
jià shàng huì huà

easel painting

诗画
shī huà

poetry and pictorial art

画押
huà yā

to sign

画荻教子
huà dí jiào zǐ

to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom)

台湾画眉
tái wān huà méi

(bird species of China) Taiwan hwamei (Garrulax taewanus)

中国画
zhōng guó huà

Chinese painting

画地为牢
huà dì wéi láo

lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom)

单色画
dān sè huà

monochrome picture

画报
huà bào

illustrated magazine

暴走漫画
bào zǒu màn huà

rage comic

动画片
dòng huà piàn

animated film

年画
nián huà

New Year (Spring Festival) picture

画法几何
huà fǎ jǐ hé

descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)

书画
shū huà

painting and calligraphy

语画
yǔ huà

picture in words

画轴
huà zhóu

character scroll

描画
miáo huà

to draw

漫画
màn huà

caricature

画舫
huà fǎng

decorated pleasure boat

画面
huà miàn

scene

琴棋书画
qín qí shū huà

the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)

作画
zuò huà

to paint

画虎类犬
huà hǔ lèi quǎn

to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)

摹画
mó huà

to describe

如画
rú huà

picturesque

油画
yóu huà

oil painting

写意画
xiě yì huà

freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style

依葫芦画瓢
yī hú lu huà piáo

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)

画册
huà cè

picture album

笔画数
bǐ huà shù

stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)

帛画
bó huà

painting on silk

画蛇添足
huà shé tiān zú

lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous

透视画法
tòu shì huà fǎ

perspective drawing

连环画
lián huán huà

lianhuanhua (graphic novel)

图画
tú huà

drawing

画稿
huà gǎo

rough sketch (of a painting)

国画
guó huà

traditional Chinese painting

扉画
fēi huà

frontpage picture

画卷
huà juàn

picture scroll

自画像
zì huà xiàng

self-portrait

画眉
huà méi

to apply makeup to the eyebrows

界画
jiè huà

accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art)

比手画脚
bǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

to gesticulate

黏土动画
nián tǔ dòng huà

clay animation

山水画
shān shuǐ huà

landscape painting

水墨画
shuǐ mò huà

ink and wash painting

画儿
huàr

picture

沙画
shā huà

sand picture

笔画
bǐ huà

strokes of a Chinese character

画风
huà fēng

painting style

字画
zì huà

the strokes of a character

画家
huà jiā

painter

书画家
shū huà jiā

calligrapher and painter

画幅
huà fú

painting

乱画
luàn huà

to doodle

书画毡
shū huà zhān

felt desk pad for calligraphy

漫画家
màn huà jiā

cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)

插画
chā huà

illustration

画展
huà zhǎn

art exhibition

画饼充饥
huà bǐng chōng jī

lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake

勾画
gōu huà

to sketch out

招贴画
zhāo tiē huà

picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)

如诗如画
rú shī rú huà

(of scenery) stunning

画龙点睛
huà lóng diǎn jīng

to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch

画地为狱
huà dì wéi yù

see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[huà dì wéi láo]

画皮
huà pí

painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)

画布
huà bù

canvas (artist's painting surface)

绘画
huì huà

drawing

画插图者
huà chā tú zhě

illustrator

照葫芦画瓢
zhào hú lu huà piáo

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)