| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 画 | 畫 | huà | - to draw - picture - painting - CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] - classifier for paintings etc - variant of 劃|划[hua4] |
| 乱画 | 亂畫 | luànhuà | - to doodle - graffito - doodle |
| 作画 | 作畫 | zuòhuà | - to paint |
| 刻画 | 刻畫 | kèhuà | - to portray |
| 动画 | 動畫 | dònghuà | - animation - cartoon |
| 勾画 | 勾畫 | gōuhuà | - to sketch out - to delineate |
| 区画 | 區畫 | qūhuà | - subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) |
| 名画 | 名畫 | mínghuà | - famous painting |
| 国画 | 國畫 | guóhuà | - national painting - Chinese art |
| 图画 | 圖畫 | túhuà | - drawing - picture |
| 壁画 | 壁畫 | bìhuà | - mural (painting) - fresco |
| 如画 | 如畫 | rúhuà | - picturesque |
| 字画 | 字畫 | zìhuà | - the strokes of a character - calligraphy and painting |
| 岩画 | 巖畫 | yánhuà | - rock painting - picture or writing carved on rocks |
| 帛画 | 帛畫 | bóhuà | - painting on silk |
| 彩画 | 彩畫 | cǎihuà | - color painting |
| 扉画 | 扉畫 | fēihuà | - frontpage picture |
| 描画 | 描畫 | miáohuà | - to draw - to describe |
| 插画 | 插畫 | chāhuà | - illustration |
| 摹画 | 摹畫 | móhuà | - to describe |
| 擘画 | 擘畫 | bòhuà | - variant of 擘劃|擘划[bo4 hua4] |
| 春画 | 春畫 | chūnhuà | - erotic print - pornographic picture |
| 书画 | 書畫 | shūhuà | - painting and calligraphy |
| 比画 | 比畫 | bǐhua | - variant of 比劃|比划[bi3 hua5] |
| 沙画 | 沙畫 | shāhuà | - sand picture |
| 油画 | 油畫 | yóuhuà | - oil painting |
| 淫画 | 淫畫 | yínhuà | - obscene picture |
| 漫画 | 漫畫 | mànhuà | - caricature - cartoon - Japanese manga |
| 版画 | 版畫 | bǎnhuà | - picture printed from a woodblock, stone, copper plate etc |
| 界画 | 界畫 | jièhuà | - accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art) - picture created using this technique |
| 画作 | 畫作 | huàzuò | - painting - picture |
| 画像 | 畫像 | huàxiàng | - portrait - portray |
| 画儿 | 畫兒 | huàr | - picture - drawing - painting |
| 画册 | 畫冊 | huàcè | - picture album |
| 画卷 | 畫卷 | huàjuǎn | - picture scroll |
| 画圆 | 畫圓 | huàyuán | - to draw a circle |
| 画图 | 畫圖 | huàtú | - to draw designs, maps etc - picture (e.g. of life in the city) |
| 画报 | 畫報 | huàbào | - pictorial (magazine) - CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],冊|册[ce4],期[qi1] |
| 画坛 | 畫壇 | huàtán | - painting world - painting circles |
| 画室 | 畫室 | huàshì | - artist's studio - atelier |
| 画家 | 畫家 | huàjiā | - painter - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 画展 | 畫展 | huàzhǎn | - art exhibition |
| 画布 | 畫布 | huàbù | - canvas (artist's painting surface) |
| 画幅 | 畫幅 | huàfú | - painting - picture - dimension of a painting |
| 画廊 | 畫廊 | huàláng | - gallery |
| 画押 | 畫押 | huàyā | - to sign - to make one's mark |
| 画架 | 畫架 | huàjià | - easel - rack for painting |
| 画框 | 畫框 | huàkuàng | - picture frame |
| 画毡 | 畫氈 | huàzhān | - felt desk pad for calligraphy |
| 画法 | 畫法 | huàfǎ | - painting technique - drawing method |
| 画皮 | 畫皮 | huàpí | - painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty) |
| 画眉 | 畫眉 | huàméi | - to apply makeup to the eyebrows - (Chinese bird species) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) |
| 画稿 | 畫稿 | huàgǎo | - rough sketch (of a painting) - (of an official) to approve a document by signing it |
| 画笔 | 畫筆 | huàbǐ | - painting brush |
| 画舫 | 畫舫 | huàfǎng | - decorated pleasure boat |
| 画轴 | 畫軸 | huàzhóu | - character scroll - scroll painting |
| 画面 | 畫面 | huàmiàn | - scene - tableau - picture - image - screen (displayed by a computer) - (motion picture) frame - field of view |
| 画风 | 畫風 | huàfēng | - painting style |
| 笔画 | 筆畫 | bǐhuà | - strokes of a Chinese character |
| 策画 | 策畫 | cèhuà | - variant of 策劃|策划[ce4 hua4] |
| 筹画 | 籌畫 | chóuhuà | - variant of 籌劃|筹划[chou2 hua4] |
| 绘画 | 繪畫 | huìhuà | - drawing - painting |
| 计画 | 計畫 | jìhuà | - variant of 計劃|计划[ji4 hua4] |
| 诗画 | 詩畫 | shīhuà | - poetry and pictorial art - work of art combining pictures and poetry |
| 语画 | 語畫 | yǔhuà | - picture in words |
| 贴画 | 貼畫 | tiēhuà | - pinup picture - poster |
| 点画 | 點畫 | diǎnhuà | - strokes of a Chinese character |
| 下画线 | 下畫線 | xiàhuàxiàn | - underline |
| 中国画 | 中國畫 | Zhōngguóhuà | - Chinese painting |
| 动画片 | 動畫片 | dònghuàpiàn | - animated film |
| 名画家 | 名畫家 | mínghuàjiā | - famous painter |
| 单色画 | 單色畫 | dānsèhuà | - monochrome picture - black and white picture |
| 宣传画 | 宣傳畫 | xuānchuánhuà | - propaganda poster - advertising hoarding |
| 写意画 | 寫意畫 | xiěyìhuà | - freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style |
| 山水画 | 山水畫 | shānshuǐhuà | - landscape painting |
| 年画儿 | 年畫兒 | niánhuàr | - New Year (Spring Festival) picture |
| 徒手画 | 徒手畫 | túshǒuhuà | - freehand drawing |
| 招贴画 | 招貼畫 | zhāotiēhuà | - picture poster (for advertising or propaganda) |
| 书画家 | 書畫家 | shūhuàjiā | - calligrapher and painter |
| 书画毡 | 書畫氈 | shūhuàzhān | - felt desk pad for calligraphy |
| 水墨画 | 水墨畫 | shuǐmòhuà | - ink and wash painting |
| 水彩画 | 水彩畫 | shuǐcǎihuà | - watercolor - aquarelle |
| 洋画儿 | 洋畫兒 | yánghuàr | - children's game played with illustrated cards - pogs - menko (Japan) |
| 漫画家 | 漫畫家 | mànhuàjiā | - cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) |
| 画等号 | 畫等號 | huàděnghào | - to equate - to consider (two things) to be equivalent |
| 笔画数 | 筆畫數 | bǐhuàshù | - stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character) |
| 自画像 | 自畫像 | zìhuàxiàng | - self-portrait |
| 透视画 | 透視畫 | tòushìhuà | - perspective drawing |
| 连环画 | 連環畫 | liánhuánhuà | - lianhuanhua (graphic novel) |
| 鬼画符 | 鬼畫符 | guǐhuàfú | - undecipherable handwriting - scribblings - (fig.) hypocritical talk |
| 如诗如画 | 如詩如畫 | rúshīrúhuà | - poetic and picturesque |
| 指手画脚 | 指手畫腳 | zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo | - to gesticulate while talking (idiom) - to explain by waving one's hands - to criticize or give orders summarily |
| 暴走漫画 | 暴走漫畫 | bàozǒumànhuà | - rage comic |
| 架上绘画 | 架上繪畫 | jiàshànghuìhuà | - easel painting |
| 比手画脚 | 比手畫腳 | bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo | - to gesticulate - to make lively gestures (while talking) - also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚 |
| 照猫画虎 | 照貓畫虎 | zhàomāohuàhǔ | - lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject - uninspired imitation |
| 琴棋书画 | 琴棋書畫 | qínqíshūhuà | - the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) - the accomplishments of a well-educated person |
| 画地为牢 | 畫地為牢 | huàdìwéiláo | - lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) - fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities |
| 画地为狱 | 畫地為獄 | huàdìwéiyù | - see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2] |
| 画地自限 | 畫地自限 | huàdìzìxiàn | - lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom) - fig. to impose restrictions on oneself |
| 画插图者 | 畫插圖者 | huàchātúzhě | - illustrator |
| 画法几何 | 畫法幾何 | huàfǎjǐhé | - descriptive Geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations) |
| 画荻教子 | 畫荻教子 | huàdíjiàozǐ | - to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) - mother's admirable dedication to her children's education |
| 画虎类犬 | 畫虎類犬 | huàhǔlèiquǎn | - drawing a tiger like a dog (idiom); to make a fool of oneself by excessive ambition |
| 画蛇添足 | 畫蛇添足 | huàshétiānzú | - lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous - to overdo it |
| 画饼充饥 | 畫餅充飢 | huàbǐngchōngjī | - lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake - to feed on illusions (idiom) |
| 画龙点睛 | 畫龍點睛 | huàlóngdiǎnjīng | - to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch - the crucial point that brings the subject to life - a few words to clinch the point |
| 台湾画眉 | 臺灣畫眉 | Táiwānhuàméi | - (Chinese bird species) Taiwan hwamei (Garrulax taewanus) |
| 行政区画 | 行政區畫 | xíngzhèngqūhuà | - administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) |
| 诗情画意 | 詩情畫意 | shīqínghuàyì | - picturesque charm - idyllic appeal - poetic grace |
| 透视画法 | 透視畫法 | tòushìhuàfǎ | - perspective drawing |
| 雕梁画栋 | 雕梁畫棟 | diāoliánghuàdòng | - richly ornamented (building) |
| 黏土动画 | 黏土動畫 | niántǔdònghuà | - clay animation - Claymation |
| 依样画葫芦 | 依樣畫葫蘆 | yīyànghuàhúlu | - lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) - fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality |
| 照葫芦画瓢 | 照葫蘆畫瓢 | zhàohúluhuàpiáo | - lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) - fig. to copy slavishly |
| 计算机动画 | 計算機動畫 | jìsuànjīdònghuà | - computer animation |
| 意存笔先，画尽意在 | 意存筆先，畫盡意在 | yìcúnbǐxiān,huàjìnyìzài | - the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through |
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