画 (畫) huà

1. huà noun painting; picture; drawing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '畫'; Guoyu '畫' n 1; Kroll 2015 '畫' 2, p. 168; Unihan '畫'; XHZD '画' 2, p. 288)
2. huà verb to draw
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '畫'; Guoyu '畫' v 3; Kroll 2015 '畫' 2, p. 168; Unihan '畫'; XHZD '画' 1, p. 288)
3. huà noun a stroke in a Chinese character
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '畫' n 2; XHZD '画' 3, p. 288)
4. huà verb to delineate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '畫' v 1; Kroll 2015 '畫' 1, p. 168; Unihan '畫'; XHZD '画' 4, p. 288)
5. huà verb to plan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '畫' v 2; Kroll 2015 '畫' 2a, p. 168)
6. huà verb to sign
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: To sign one's name (Guoyu '畫' v 4; Kroll 2015 '畫' 3, p. 168)
7. huà verb to stop; to terminate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '畫' v 4)
8. huà adverb clearly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '畫' adv)
9. huà proper noun Hua
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '畫' adv)

Contained in

• 名画(名畫) famous painting
• 油画(油畫) an oil painting ; oil painting
• 写意画(寫意畫) freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
• 帧画(幀畫) a painting on a scroll or in a frame
• 区画(區畫) subdivision
• 招贴画(招貼畫) picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)
• 画展(畫展) art exhibition
• 岩画(岩畫) a rock mural; a cave painting ; rock painting; picture or writing carved on rocks
• 画插图者(畫插圖者) illustrator
• 透视画(透視畫) perspective drawing
• 基本笔画(基本筆畫) fundamental stroke
• 擘画(擘畫) to plan; to arrange
• 一笔画(一筆畫) draw in a single stroke
• 画稿(畫稿) rough sketch (of a painting); (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
• 宣传画(宣傳畫) propaganda poster; advertising hoarding
• 画架(畫架) easel; rack for painting
• 刻画(刻畫) to portray
• 画圆(畫圓) to draw a circle
• 照猫画虎(照貓畫虎) to see a cat and draw a tiger; uninspired imitation
• 书画(書畫) calligraphy
• 都市计画(都市計畫) town planning; city planning
• 画屏(畫屏) an embroidered screen ; to choose a son-in-law
• 为蛇画足(為蛇畫足) to draw legs on a snake; to overdo it
• 乱画(亂畫) to doodle; graffito; to doodle
• 笔画检字(筆畫檢字) character index by stroke
• 动画片(動畫片) an animated film; animation
• 江山如画(江山如畫) scenery like a painting
• 笔画检字法(筆畫檢字法) method of character lookup by stroke count
• 依葫芦画瓢(依葫蘆畫瓢) to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model; to follow the existing pattern without modification
• 鬼画符(鬼畫符) undecipherable handwriting; scribblings; hypocritical talk
• 画蛇着足(畫蛇著足) to draw legs on a snake; to ruin the effect by adding something superfluous; to overdo it
• 画旛(畫旛) a hanging scroll painting; a vertical scroll painting
• 画框(畫框) picture frame
• 文人画(文人畫) literati painting
• 画法几何(畫法幾何) descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)
• 画儿(畫兒) picture; drawing; painting
• 画卷(畫卷) picture scroll
• 画图(畫圖) to draw designs, maps etc; picture (e.g. of life in the city)

Also contained in

画室 、 插画 、 益州名画录 、 计算机动画 、 画廊 、 画风 、 画士 、 动画 、 画作 、 画家 、 凹凸画 、 漆画阁 、 漫画

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Truncated for common words

• 卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 60
• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 39
• 卷五十九　　　　志第四十九　　藝文三 Volume 59 Treatises 55: The Arts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 29
• 第二回 Chapter 42 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 29
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 28
• 第一回 Chapter 1 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 21
• 第二回 Chapter 5 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 19
• 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 18
• 卷二百〇七 志第一百六十 藝文六 Volume 207 Treatises 160: Arts and Literature 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 17
• 卷一百四十九 志第一百〇二 輿服一 Volume 149 Treatises 102: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 16

Collocations

• 画地 (畫地) 不畫地 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 7
• 画计 (畫計) 昔宮之奇為虞公畫計 — New Discussions 新語, 卷下　資質第七　至德第八　懷慮第九　本行第十　明誡第十一　思務第十二　Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 画方 (畫方) 左手畫方 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 功名第二十八 Chapter 28: Merit and Reputation — count: 4
• 画纯 (畫純) 畫純 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge — count: 3
• 画翣 (畫翣) 畫翣二 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 3
• 画制 (畫製) 錯儀畫制 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 3
• 画象 (畫象) 畫象成形 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 3
• 文画 (文畫) 宮牆文畫 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二十 反質 Chapter 20: Returning to Simplicity — count: 2
• 画天 (畫天) 畫天 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 2
• 善画 (善畫) 留侯善畫計筴 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《留侯世家》 House of Marquis of Liu — count: 2