HSK 6 · Media

漫画 mànhuà “comic” in Chinese

Traditional 漫畫

What 漫画 means

  1. comic
  2. cartoon
  3. manga
  4. comics
  5. caricature

How to say 漫画

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale漫màn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale画huà4th tone, falling

漫画 in a sentence

  1. 这部漫画在中国很受欢迎。

    Zhè bù mànhuà zài Zhōngguó hěn shòu huānyíng.

    This comic is very popular in China.

    Sentence #10538253 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 同学们都很喜欢看日本漫画。

    Tóngxuémen dōu hěn xǐhuan kàn Rìběn mànhuà.

    My classmates all love reading Japanese manga.

    Sentence #1743525 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他什么都不做只是看漫画。

    Tā shénme dōu bú zuò zhǐshì kàn mànhuà.

    He does nothing but read comics.

    Sentence #840430 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 漫画 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 漫 (màn) with each of its parts in a different colour
漫mànfree
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 曼long · mànSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 曼 (màn) hints at the sound. Compare it with màn.

The character 画 (huà) with each of its parts in a different colour
画huàto draw; to paint
  • 一one · yī
  • 田field · tián
  • 凵open box · kǎn

Memory aidSimplified from 畫, a brush marking out the borders of a field 田: to draw, a picture.

How to write 漫画

漫 14 strokes · 画 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 漫画

Words with 漫

浪漫làngmàn · romantic漫长màncháng · very long弥漫mímàn · to fill the air

Words with 画

画huà · draw画家huàjiā · painter动画片dònghuàpiàn · animated film画蛇添足huàshétiānzú · to spoil something by adding the unnecessary (lit. drawing legs on a snake)

More words: Media & Arts

卡通kǎtōng · cartoon栏目lánmù · column灵感línggǎn · inspiration论坛lùntán · forum媒介méijiè · medium谜语míyǔ · riddle魔术móshù · magic内幕nèimù · inside story

FAQs

漫画 (mànhuà) means “comic” or “cartoon”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mànhuà: màn with a 4th tone, then huà 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, 漫画 is written 漫畫. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type manhua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 漫画 from the suggestions. Typing manhua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
漫画 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.