画畫 huà — to draw, to paint
huà (fourth tone, falling)hua4
Traditional: 畫
to draw, to paint
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)verbnounMeasure word 张Measure word 个
Meanings
to draw, to paint
To make a picture with a pen or a brush. Chinese does not separate drawing from painting; both are 画, and the tool decides the rest.
verba picture, a painting
nounAct and product share one character and one tone; only the sentence tells them apart. 他画画 — he is painting a painting — is perfectly ordinary Chinese.
Example sentences
- 他画了一张中国地图。他畫了一張中國地圖。Tā (first tone, high and level) huàle (fourth tone, falling) yì (fourth tone, falling) zhāng (first tone, high and level) Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) dìtú. (fourth tone, falling)···
He drew a map of China.
- 这张画是我妹妹画的。這張畫是我妹妹畫的。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) zhāng (first tone, high and level) huà (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) mèimei (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling) de. (neutral tone)···
This painting was done by my younger sister.