| 畫 | 362C35 22.30 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄏㄨㄚˋ [hua4] . [Abbr.  ] | ||
| N. | (1) Painting, drawing: 圖畫 painting, drawing, illustrations; 字畫，書畫 calligraphy and painting as twin arts; 油畫 oil painting; 水彩畫 water color; 國畫，西洋畫 Chinese, Western painting; 壁畫 murals, fresco; 漫畫 cartoon; 詩中有畫，畫中有詩 (of 王維) there is painting in his poetry, and poetry in his painting; 畫中人 (of lady) as pretty as a picture; 畫報，畫刊 a pictorial magazine; 畫冊 an album of paintings. (2) A horizontal stroke in calligraphy. (3) A stroke of any kind in writing: 這個字共幾畫 how many strokes in this character? | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To draw (a line, a picture); 繪畫 make a drawing; 畫圖 [hua4tu2]↓: 畫畫 to paint a painting; 能寫會畫 can write and paint; 畫稿 first sketch; 畫樣子 a rough draft; 畫影圖形 to draw a portrait; 畫餅充饑 to draw a cake and call it a dinner--a Barmecide feast; 畫龍點睛 “to put in the eye pupil in painting a dragon”--the critical touch; 畫蛇添足 paint a snake with feet--superfluous; 畫虎類犬 fail to achieve what one set out to do, unsuccessful attempt in description; 畫鬼易，畫狗難 easier to paint a ghost than a dog; 畫脂鏤冰 to draw on butter or carve ice--a futile undertaking; 畫法 the technique of painting; 畫神，畫理 to paint the expression of persons or inner law of things. (2) To draw a line in sense of “divide” (also wr. 劃): 晝界 to draw the boundary; 畫分 divide the line; 畫開 to set aside (a sum of money, duty). (3) To plan: 計畫，籌畫，策畫 to plan (as to draw an outline). (4) To put one's signature: 畫諾 to “okay”; 畫到 sign arrival at office; see 畫押，畫供 [hua4ya1], [hua4gong1]1↓. | |||||
| Adj. | Painted (boat, girders, hall, etc.). | |||||
| Words | 1. 畫板 [hua4ban3], n., an easel, board for painting. 2. 畫報 [hua4bao4], n., pictorial magazine. 3. 畫布 [hua4bu4], n., canvas for painting. 4. 畫荻 [hua4di2], phr., mother’s instruction (from Ouyang Shiu's mother who taught him to write by using a rush stalk on the ground). 5. 畫分 [hua4fen1], v.t., to divide in parts (also wr. 劃分). 6. 畫供 [hua4gong1]1, v.i., to sign affidavit. 7. 畫工 [hua4gong1]2, n., a commercial painter. 8. 畫壼兒 [hua4hu2er0], n., a snuffbottle with miniature drawing. 9. 畫展 [hua4zhan3], n., art exhibition. 10. 畫家 [hua4jia1], n., a painter. 11. 畫架 [hua4jia4], n., an easel, a rack for painting. 12. 畫匠 [hua4jiang4], n., (derog.) commercial artist. 13. 畫境 [hua4jing4], n., the poetic level of painting, a beautiful scene as visualized by the artist. 14. 畫角 [hua4jUe2], n., an anc. horn used in the army like bugle. 15. 畫具 [hua4jU4], n., painting instruments. 16. 畫刊 [hua4kan1], n., a pictorial magazine. 17. 畫拉 [hua4la0], v.i., to daub ink, scribble. 18. 畫卯 [hua4mao3], v.i., to sign arrival at office (about 7 a.m.). 19. 畫眉 [hua4mei2], (1) n., the grey thrush; (2) v.i., to draw eyebrows. 20. 畫面 [hua4mian4], n., the gen. appearance of a work of art in respect of light, color, and composition. 21. 畫片兒 [hua4piaher0], n., small reprints of paintings. 22. 畫屏 [hua4ping2], n., a painted portable screen or partition. 23. 畫譜 [hua4pu3], n., (1) a painting album; (2) book on painting and painters. 24. 畫象 [hua4xiang4], n., portrait. 25. 畫師 [hua4shi1], n., (court.) painter. 26. 畫室 [hua4shi4], n., artist's studio. 27. 畫學 [hua4xUe2], n., the study of painting. 28. 畫帖 [hua4tie4], n., model painting for copying. 29. 畫策 [hua4ce4], n. & v.i., plan. 30. 畫圖 [hua4tu2], v.i. & n., paint, -ing, draw, -ing; 畫圖器 T-square, protractor, etc. for drawing designs. 31. 畫押 [hua4ya1], v.i., to make a sign (esp. by an illiterate) in lieu of signature. 32. 畫一 [hua4yi1], v.t. & adj., uniform (order, appearance); definite, unequivocal, standardized. | |||||