画
Meaning
huà hua4
- to draw; to paint
- picture; painting
- to draw (a line) (variant of 划)
- stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划)
- (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划)
Example sentences
- Do you know who painted this picture?
- His hobby is painting pictures of flowers.
- Never have I seen such a beautiful picture.
- Those pictures were painted by him.
HSK words with 画
- 画家huàjiāpainter
- 画儿huàrpicture
- 图画túhuàdrawing
- 动画片dònghuàpiànanimated film
- 画面huàmiànscene
- 漫画mànhuàcaricature
- 动画dònghuàanimation
- 绘画huìhuàdrawing
- 油画yóuhuàoil painting
- 壁画bìhuàmural (painting)
- 画展huàzhǎnart exhibition
- 画册huàcèpicture album
- 指手画脚zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎoto gesticulate while talking (idiom)
- 国画guóhuàtraditional Chinese painting
- 勾画gōuhuàto sketch out
- 年画niánhuàNew Year (Spring Festival) picture
- 中国画ZhōngguóhuàChinese painting
- 画龙点睛huàlóngdiǎnjīngto paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch
- 画蛇添足huàshétiānzúlit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous