画 (huà) — to draw, to paint; a painting

画 (huà)

画 means to draw or paint as a verb, and a drawing or painting as a noun. It covers any act of making visual art with lines or color.

Meanings

1. [verb] To draw, to paint.
2. [noun] A picture, a painting.

Example Sentences

她喜欢画画。 Tā xǐhuān huà huà. She likes drawing. (The first 画 is the verb, the second is the noun.)

他画了一幅山水画。 Tā huà le yī fú shānshuǐ huà. He painted a landscape painting.

孩子们在画动物。 Háizimen zài huà dòngwù. The children are drawing animals.

墙上挂着一幅画。 Qiáng shàng guà zhe yī fú huà. A painting is hanging on the wall.

Collocations

Memory Hook

The character 画 shows a brush laying down a boundary around a field: every drawing creates borders and shapes.