| 画 | [ huà ] to draw, picture, painting, CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1], classifier for paintings etc, variant of 劃|划[hua4] |
| 画作 | [ huà zuò ] painting, picture |
| 画像 | [ huà xiàng ] portrait, to do a portrait of sb |
| 画儿 | [ huà ] picture, drawing, painting |
| 画册 | [ huà cè ] picture album |
| 画十字 | [ huà shí zì ] to make the sign of the cross, to make a cross (on paper) |
| 画卷 | [ huà juǎn ] picture scroll |
| 画圆 | [ huà yuán ] to draw a circle |
| 画图 | [ huà tú ] to draw designs, maps etc, picture (e.g. of life in the city) |
| 画地为牢 | [ huà dì weí laó ] 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 | [ huà dì weí yù ] see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2] |
| 画地自限 | [ huà dì zì xiàn ] lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom), fig. to impose restrictions on oneself |
| 画报 | [ huà baò ] illustrated magazine, CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],冊|册[ce4],期[qi1] |
| 画坛 | [ huà tán ] painting world, painting circles |
| 画外音 | [ huà waì yīn ] voice-over, background narration |
| 画室 | [ huà shì ] artist's studio, atelier |
| 画家 | [ huà jiā ] painter, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 画展 | [ huà zhǎn ] art exhibition |
| 画布 | [ huà bù ] canvas (artist's painting surface) |
| 画幅 | [ huà fú ] painting, picture, dimension of a painting |
| 画廊 | [ huà láng ] gallery |
| 画押 | [ huà yā ] to sign, to make one's mark |
| 画插图者 | [ huà chā tú zhě ] illustrator |
| 画架 | [ huà jià ] easel, rack for painting |
| 画框 | [ huà kuàng ] picture frame |
| 画毡 | [ huà zhān ] felt desk pad for calligraphy |
| 画法 | [ huà fǎ ] painting technique, drawing method |
| 画法几何 | [ huà fǎ jǐ hé ] descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations) |
| 画皮 | [ huà pí ] painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty) |
| 画眉 | [ huà meí ] to apply makeup to the eyebrows, (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) |
| 画稿 | [ huà gaǒ ] rough sketch (of a painting), (of an official) to approve a document by signing it |
| 画笔 | [ huà bǐ ] painting brush |
| 画等号 | [ huà děng haò ] to equate, to consider (two things) to be equivalent |
| 画舫 | [ huà fǎng ] decorated pleasure boat |
| 画荻教子 | [ huà dí zǐ ] to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom), mother's admirable dedication to her children's education |
| 画虎不成反类犬 | [ huà hǔ bù chéng fǎn leì quǎn ] to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom), to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it |
| 画虎类犬 | [ huà hǔ leì quǎn ] to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom), to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it |
| 画蛇添足 | [ huà shé tiān zú ] lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous, to overdo it |
| 画轴 | [ huà zhoú ] character scroll, scroll painting |
| 画面 | [ huà miàn ] scene, tableau, picture, image, screen (displayed by a computer), (motion picture) frame, field of view |
| 画风 | [ huà fēng ] painting style |
| 画饼充饥 | [ huà bǐng chōng jī ] lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake, to feed on illusions (idiom) |
| 画龙点睛 | [ huà lóng diǎn jīng ] 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 |
| ⇒ 下画线 | [ xià huà xiàn ] underline |
| ⇒ 中国画 | [ zhōng guó huà ] Chinese painting |
| ⇒ 乱画 | [ luàn huà ] to doodle, graffito, doodle |
| ⇒ 作画 | [ zuò huà ] to paint |
| ⇒ 依样画葫芦 | [ yī yàng huà hú lu ] lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom), fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality |
| ⇒ 依葫芦画瓢 | [ yī hú lu huà ] lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom), fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification |
| ⇒ 刻画 | [ kè huà ] to portray |
| ⇒ 动画 | [ dòng huà ] animation, cartoon |
| ⇒ 动画片 | [ dòng huà piàn ] animated film |
| ⇒ 勾画 | [ goū huà ] to sketch out, to delineate |
| ⇒ 区画 | [ qū huà ] subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) |
| ⇒ 名画 | [ míng huà ] famous painting |
| ⇒ 名画家 | [ míng huà jiā ] famous painter |
| ⇒ 单色画 | [ dān sè huà ] monochrome picture, black and white picture |
| ⇒ 国画 | [ guó huà ] traditional Chinese painting |
| ⇒ 图画 | [ tú huà ] drawing, picture |
| ⇒ 壁画 | [ bì huà ] mural (painting), fresco |
| ⇒ 如画 | [ rú huà ] picturesque |
| ⇒ 如诗如画 | [ rú shī rú huà ] (of scenery) stunning, spectacular, picturesque |
| ⇒ 字画 | [ zì huà ] the strokes of a character, calligraphy and painting |
| ⇒ 宣传画 | [ xuān chuán huà ] propaganda poster, advertising hoarding |
| ⇒ 写意画 | [ xiě yì huà ] freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style |
| ⇒ 山水画 | [ shān shuǐ huà ] landscape painting |
| ⇒ 岩画 | [ yán huà ] rock painting, picture or writing carved on rocks |
| ⇒ 帛画 | [ bó huà ] painting on silk |
| ⇒ 年画 | [ nián huà ] New Year (Spring Festival) picture |
| ⇒ 年画儿 | [ nián huà ] erhua variant of 年畫|年画[nian2 hua4] |
| ⇒ 广告宣传画 | [ guǎng gaò xuān chuán huà ] placard, poster |
| ⇒ 彩画 | [ caǐ huà ] color painting |
| ⇒ 徒手画 | [ tú shoǔ huà ] freehand drawing |
| ⇒ 意存笔先，画尽意在 | [ yì cún bǐ xiān huà jìn yì zaì ] the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through |
| ⇒ 扉画 | [ feī huà ] frontpage picture |
| ⇒ 招贴画 | [ zhaō tiē huà ] picture poster (for advertising or propaganda) |
| ⇒ 指手画脚 | [ zhǐ shoǔ huà ] to gesticulate while talking (idiom), to explain by waving one's hands, to criticize or give orders summarily |
| ⇒ 描画 | [ huà ] to draw, to describe |
| ⇒ 插画 | [ chā huà ] illustration |
| ⇒ 摹画 | [ mó huà ] to describe |
| ⇒ 擘画 | [ bò huà ] variant of 擘劃|擘划[bo4 hua4] |
| ⇒ 春画 | [ chūn huà ] erotic print, pornographic picture |
| ⇒ 暴走漫画 | [ baò zoǔ màn huà ] rage comic |
| ⇒ 书画 | [ shū huà ] painting and calligraphy |
| ⇒ 书画家 | [ shū huà jiā ] calligrapher and painter |
| ⇒ 书画毡 | [ shū huà zhān ] felt desk pad for calligraphy |
| ⇒ 木版画 | [ mù bǎn huà ] woodcut, wood engraving |
| ⇒ 架上绘画 | [ jià shàng huì huà ] easel painting |
| ⇒ 比手画脚 | [ bǐ shoǔ huà ] to gesticulate, to make lively gestures (while talking), also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚 |
| ⇒ 比画 | [ bǐ hua ] variant of 比劃|比划[bi3 hua5] |
| ⇒ 水墨画 | [ shuǐ mò huà ] ink and wash painting |
| ⇒ 水彩画 | [ shuǐ caǐ huà ] watercolor, aquarelle |
| ⇒ 沙画 | [ shā huà ] sand picture |
| ⇒ 油画 | [ yoú huà ] oil painting |
| ⇒ 洋画儿 | [ yáng huà ] children's game played with illustrated cards, pogs, menko (Japan) |
| ⇒ 淫画 | [ yín huà ] obscene picture |
| ⇒ 漫画 | [ màn huà ] caricature, cartoon, Japanese manga |
| ⇒ 漫画家 | [ màn huà jiā ] cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) |
| ⇒ 照葫芦画瓢 | [ zhaò hú lu huà ] lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom), fig. to copy slavishly |
| ⇒ 照猫画虎 | [ zhaò maō huà hǔ ] 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 |
| ⇒ 版画 | [ bǎn huà ] printmaking, a print |
| ⇒ 琴棋书画 | [ qín qí shū huà ] the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting), the accomplishments of a well-educated person |
| ⇒ 界画 | [ jiè huà ] accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art), picture created using this technique |
| ⇒ 笔画 | [ bǐ huà ] strokes of a Chinese character |
| ⇒ 笔画数 | [ bǐ huà shù ] stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character) |
| ⇒ 策画 | [ cè huà ] variant of 策劃|策划[ce4 hua4] |
| ⇒ 筹画 | [ choú huà ] variant of 籌劃|筹划[chou2 hua4] |
| ⇒ 绘画 | [ huì huà ] drawing, painting |
| ⇒ 自画像 | [ zì huà xiàng ] self-portrait |
| ⇒ 台湾画眉 | [ taí wān huà meí ] (bird species of China) Taiwan hwamei (Garrulax taewanus) |
| ⇒ 行政区画 | [ xíng zhèng qū huà ] administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) |
| ⇒ 计画 | [ jì huà ] variant of 計劃|计划[ji4 hua4] |
| ⇒ 计算机动画 | [ jì suàn jī dòng huà ] computer animation |
| ⇒ 诗情画意 | [ shī qíng huà yì ] picturesque charm, idyllic appeal, poetic grace |
| ⇒ 诗画 | [ shī huà ] poetry and pictorial art, work of art combining pictures and poetry |
| ⇒ 语画 | [ yǔ huà ] picture in words |
| ⇒ 贴画 | [ tiē huà ] pinup picture, poster |
| ⇒ 透视画 | [ toù shì huà ] perspective drawing |
| ⇒ 透视画法 | [ toù shì huà fǎ ] perspective drawing |
| ⇒ 连环画 | [ lián huán huà ] lianhuanhua (graphic novel) |
| ⇒ 雕梁画栋 | [ liáng huà dòng ] richly ornamented (building) |
| ⇒ 鬼画符 | [ guǐ huà fú ] undecipherable handwriting, scribblings, (fig.) hypocritical talk |
| ⇒ 黏土动画 | [ nián tǔ dòng huà ] clay animation, Claymation |
| ⇒ 点画 | [ diǎn huà ] strokes of a Chinese character |
