描写 (miáoxiě) means Describe (depict). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的 描写 非常生动。
Tā de miáoxiě fēicháng shēngdòng.
His description is extremely vivid.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 描写
这本书 描写 了乡村的生活。
Zhè běn shū miáoxiě le xiāngcūn de shēnghuó.
This book describes life in the countryside.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 描写
这部小说深刻地 描写 了人性。
Zhè bù xiǎoshuō shēnkè de miáoxiě le rénxìng.
This novel portrays human nature profoundly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 人性
小说 描写 了主人公悲惨的一生。
Xiǎoshuō miáoxiě le zhǔréngōng bēicǎn de yìshēng.
The novel depicts the tragic life of its protagonist.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 悲惨
这部小说 描写 了被压迫者的生活。
Zhè bù xiǎoshuō miáoxiě le bèi yāpò zhě de shēnghuó.
This novel depicts the lives of the oppressed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压迫
小说 描写 了一个人一步步堕落的过程。
Xiǎoshuō miáoxiě le yí ge rén yíbùbù duòluò de guòchéng.
The novel describes a man's step-by-step descent into depravity.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 堕落
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Questions about 描写
How is 描写 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 描写 (miáoxiě, "Describe (depict)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 描写 an HSK word?
Yes — 描写 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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