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HSK
picture / drawing / painting
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *图* | 图* | *图
diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL: 張|张 / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek
HSK 3
drawing / picture
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *签* | 签* | *签
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
HSK 5
drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
blueprint / drawing / design plans / graph paper
HSK 7-9
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
(drawing and painting) perspective / (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray / (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth; to gain insight
original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *描* | 描* | *描
to depict / to trace (a drawing) / to copy / to touch up
to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing
arrogant / full-page proofs (of newspaper) / detailed drawing
rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish
painting technique / drawing method
brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing
a sketch / rough drawing
with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毫* | 毫* | *毫
hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan
line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing
vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绠* | 绠* | *绠
(literary) well rope (for drawing water)
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喏* | 喏* | *喏
(indicating agreement) yes / all right / (drawing attention to) look! / here! / variant of 諾|诺
rope for drawing water from a well
ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
drawing (textile industry)
ground plane (in perspective drawing)
simple drawing; sketch
engineering graphics / technical drawing
engineering graphics / technical drawing
set square / triangle (for drawing right angles)
gold contract / special drawing right (SDR) / paper gold (finance)
special drawing rights (SDR), international currency of the IMF
freehand drawing
theory proposed in 2019 on Chinese social media, centering on the idea of China replacing the United States as the dominant nation in a new world order, drawing an analogy with the Manchu overthrow of the Ming dynasty, achieved after the Qing army entered China via the Shanhai Pass 入關|入关
perspective drawing
freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
perspective (in drawing)
perspective drawing
plane of projection (in perspective drawing)
elevation (architectural drawing)
perspective drawing
ruler (used for drawing lines)
to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it / (fig.) to designate; to delineate
perspective drawing
drawing (manufacturing process in which hot metal or glass is stretched)
wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating)
lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom) / fig. the day is drawing to an end / the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing
line drawing / diagram / line graph
(writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece; an exercise
perspective (in drawing)
computer-aided design and drawing


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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