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画

huà · hua

Traditional 畫

HSK 2Old HSK 3Measure words: 幅 fú, 张 zhāng

Meaning

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  1. to draw; to paint
  2. picture; painting
  3. to draw (a line) (variant of 劃 / 划 (huà))
  4. stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃 / 划 (huà))
  5. (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃 / 划 (huà))
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In a conversation

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The portrait

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，别动(biédòng)，我(wǒ)在(zài)画(huà)你(nǐ)！

    Liangliang, don't move, I'm drawing you!

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，你(nǐ)画好(huàhǎo)了(le)吗(ma)？

    OK. Have you finished drawing?

  3. Dengdeng

    画好(huàhǎo)了(le)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)我的(wǒde)画(huà)！

    Done. Look at my painting!

  4. Liangliang

    这是(zhèshì)我(wǒ)？这是(zhèshì)一只(yīzhǐ)熊猫(xióngmāo)吧(ba)！

    This is me? This is a panda!

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)不是(bùshì)说(shuō)要(yào)画得(huàde)可爱(kěài)一点(yīdiǎn)吗(ma)？

    Didn't you say to draw it a bit cuter?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)里(lǐ)的(de)自(zì)然(rán)景(jǐng)观(guān)的(de)特(tè)点(diǎn)是(shì)山(shān)非(fēi)常(cháng)多(duō)，而(ér)且(qiě)像(xiàng)画(huà)一(yí)样(yàng)特(tè)别(bié)美(měi)。

The natural landscape is characterised by its large amount of mountains, and it looks as truly beautiful as a painting.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by sharris123 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)无(wú)法(fǎ)看(kàn)着(zhe)这(zhè)幅(fú)画(huà)而(ér)不(bù)想(xiǎng)起(qǐ)我(wǒ)母(mǔ)亲(qīn)。

I can't look at this painting without thinking of my mom.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by krrk · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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