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画画

huà huà · hua hua

Traditional 畫畫

Meaning

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  1. to draw; to paint
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A tree or a cloud

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)在(zài)做(zuò)什么(shénme)？

    Dengdeng, what are you doing?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)画画(huàhuà)，画(huà)这棵(zhèkē)树(shù)。

    I am drawing, drawing this tree.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)画(huà)得(de)真(zhēn)像(xiàng)！

    It looks just like it!

  4. Dengdeng

    谢谢(xièxie)，你(nǐ)也(yě)来(lái)画画(huàhuà)吧(ba)。

    Thanks. You come and draw too.

  5. Liangliang

    画好了(huàhǎole)，这是(zhèshì)一棵树(yīkēshù)。

    Done, this is a tree.

  6. Dengdeng

    哦(ò)，我(wǒ)以为(yǐwéi)是(shì)一朵云(yīduǒyún)。

    Oh, I thought it was a cloud.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)不(bú)擅(shàn)长(cháng)画(huà)画(huà)，但(dàn)我(wǒ)会(huì)写(xiě)文(wén)章(zhāng)。

I'm not good at drawing, but I can write.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by Aphima · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)到(dào)了(le)三(sān)十(shí)岁(suì)才(cái)开(kāi)始(shǐ)画(huà)画(huà)。

It was not until he was thirty that he started to paint.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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