VocabularyHSK 3 · core

画

huà

to draw, painting

Part of speech · verb / noun

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Examples

我喜欢画画儿。
I love painting.
这幅画很美。
This painting is beautiful.

Collocations

画画儿一幅画油画

Mnemonic

画 huà "to paint / painting" — traditional 畫. Both verb and noun: 画画儿 "paint a picture" (V + N), 一幅画 "one painting". Measure: 幅 fú (for wide paintings). Cognate of Japanese 画 ga / e.

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POS of 画画儿's two 画?