HSK 6 · Verbs

描绘 miáohuì “to depict” in Chinese

Traditional 描繪

What 描绘 means

  1. to depict
  2. to describe
  3. to portray

How to say 描绘

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale描miáo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale绘huì4th tone, falling

描绘 in a sentence

  1. 我不是诗人，无法用一行文字描绘它的美丽。

    Wǒ bú shì shīrén, wúfǎ yòng yì háng wénzì miáohuì tā de měilì.

    I’m not a poet; I can’t describe its beauty in a single line.

    Sentence #1582762 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 描绘 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 描 (miáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
描miáoto depict
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 苗sprouts · miáoSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 苗 (miáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with miáo.

The character 绘 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
绘huìto draw; to paint
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 会to assemble · huìSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 会 (huì) hints at the sound. Compare it with huì.

How to write 描绘

描 11 strokes · 绘 9 strokes

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描绘 (miáohuì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 描绘 (miáohuì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 描绘

Words with 描

描写miáoxiě · to describe

More words: Thinking & Talking

论证lùnzhèng · to prove埋怨mányuàn · to complain冒犯màofàn · to offend勉励miǎnlì · to encourage迷惑míhuò · to confuse评论pínglùn · to comment on批判pīpàn · to criticise请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice

FAQs

描绘 (miáohuì) means “to depict” or “to describe”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it miáohuì: miáo with a 2nd tone, then huì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 描绘 is written 描繪. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type miaohui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 描绘 from the suggestions. Typing miaohui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
描绘 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.