画

huà · hua

Traditional 畫

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to draw; to paint
  2. picture; painting (CL:幅 (fú),張 / 张 (zhāng))
  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))

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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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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