huà

Traditional: 畫

HSK 2

画 (huà) is a Chinese word meaning “to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4])”.

Meanings

  1. 1to draw; to paint
  2. 2picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
  3. 3to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
  4. 4stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
  5. 5(calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
Part of speech
verb

Related words

漫画caricature画面scene画家painter画廊art gallery画画to draw; to paint画像portrait动画片animated film指手画脚to gesticulate while talking (idiom)绘画to draw; to paint油画oil painting动画animation图画drawing

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