画 (huà) means Draw (paint - drawing - painting). Below are 24 of the 59 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
这张 画 是他 画 的。
Zhè zhāng huà shì tā huà de.
This painting was done by him.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 画
这幅 画 挂斜了。
Zhè fú huà guà xié le.
This painting is hanging at a slant.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 斜
墙上挂着一幅 画 。
Qiáng shàng guà zhe yì fú huà.
A painting hangs on the wall.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 幅
墙上 画 着一条龙。
Qiáng shàng huà zhe yì tiáo lóng.
A dragon is painted on the wall.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 龙
这条线 画 得很直。
Zhè tiáo xiàn huà de hěn zhí.
This line is drawn very straight.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 直
这幅 画 气势磅礴。
Zhè fú huà qìshì pángbó.
This painting has tremendous force.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气势
他的 画 在这里展览。
Tā de huà zài zhèlǐ zhǎnlǎn.
His paintings are on display here.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 展览
这幅 画 很有立体感。
Zhè fú huà hěn yǒu lìtǐ gǎn.
This painting has a strong sense of depth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 立体
他从小就爱看漫 画 。
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù ài kàn mànhuà.
He has loved reading comics since he was small.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 漫画
走廊里挂着几幅 画 。
Zǒuláng lǐ guàzhe jǐ fú huà.
A few paintings hang in the corridor.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 走廊
记者采访了这位 画 家。
Jìzhě cǎifǎng le zhè wèi huàjiā.
The reporter interviewed this painter.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 采访
孩子们喜欢看动 画 片。
Háizimen xǐhuan kàn dònghuàpiàn.
Children like watching cartoons.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 动画片
这幅 画 的色彩很丰富。
Zhè fú huà de sècǎi hěn fēngfù.
The colours in this painting are rich.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 色彩
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From the graded readers
画 笔在盒子里放了差不多十年。
huà bǐ zài hézi lǐ fàng le / liǎo / liào chàbuduō shínián.
The brushes sat in a box for nearly ten years.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
第二天我报名参加了一个周末的 画 画 班。
dì'èr tiān wǒ bàomíng cānjiā le / liǎo / liào yīgè zhōumò de / dì huà huà bān.
The next day I signed up for a weekend painting class.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
我从小就喜欢 画 画 ，可是上大学的时候选了别的专业。
wǒ cóngxiǎo jiù xǐhuan huà huà, kěshì shàng dàxué de / dì shíhou xuǎn le / liǎo / liào biéde zhuānyè.
I'd loved drawing since I was small, but at university I chose a different subject.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
三十岁生日那天，我做了一个决定：我要重新开始学 画 画 。
sānshí suì shēngrì nà / nèi tiān, wǒ zuòle yīgè juédìng: wǒ yāo chóngxīn kāishǐ xué huà huà.
On my thirtieth birthday I made a decision: I was going to start learning to paint again.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
如果我现在开始，五年以后我三十五岁，也许能 画 得不错。
rúguǒ wǒ xiànzài kāishǐ, wǔ nián yǐhòu wǒ sānshí wǔ suì, yěxǔ néng huà dé / děi / de búcuò.
If I started now, in five years I'd be thirty-five and could probably paint quite well.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
画 appears in 59 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 画
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Questions about 画
How is 画 used in a sentence?
This page shows 59 sentences using 画 (huà, "Draw (paint - drawing - painting)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 画 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 画 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 画 an HSK word?
Yes — 画 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 画?
The dictionary page for 画 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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