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划

huà

HSK 4 Character Traditional 劃

What 划 means

1. to delimit
2. to transfer
3. to assign
4. to plan
5. to draw (a line)
6. stroke of a Chinese character

Other readings

划 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• huáto row; to paddle; profitable
• huáto cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth)

Example sentences

• 你有计划吗？
  Do you have a plan?
• 我另有计划。
  I made other plans.
• 这计划很好。
  It's a very good plan.
• 计划行不通。
  The plan isn't workable.
• 计划行得通。
  The plan is workable.
• 这计划如何？
  How is this plan?

Words starting with 划

• 划船huá chuánto row a boat; rowing; boating; small boat
• 划分huà fēnto divide up; to partition; to differentiate
• 划算huá suànto calculate; to weigh (pros and cons); to view as profitable
• 划过huá guò(of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky); (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play…
• 划破huá pòto cut open; to rip; to streak across (lightning, meteor etc)
• 划定huà dìngto demarcate; to delimit
• 划线huà xiànto delineate; to draw a line; to underline
• 划一huà yīuniform; to standardize
• 划归huà guīto incorporate; to put under (external administration)
• 划时代huà shí dàiepoch-marking
• 划清huà qīngto make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly
• 划拨huà bōto assign; to allocate; to transfer (money to an account)
• 划伤huá shāngto damage by scratching; to gash; to lacerate
• 划不来huá bu láinot worth it
• 划痕huá héna scratch
• 划下huà xiàto underline; to mark
• 划子huá zirowboat; small boat; oar; paddle; thin rod used to control a curtain etc
• 划拉huá lato sweep; to brush away
• 划位huà wèi(Taiwan) to divide up an area; to assign a spot; to allocate a seat; one's assigned spot
• 划价huà jiàto price (medical prescription)
• 划得来huá de láiworth it; it pays to
• 划重点huà zhòng diǎnto highlight or underline an important point
• 划切huá qièto slice; to dice
• 划船机huá chuán jīrowing machine

Words containing 划

• 计划jì huàplan; project; program
• 规划guī huàto draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program
• 策划cè huàto plot; to scheme; to bring about
• 比划bǐ huato gesture; to gesticulate; to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the…
• 计划生育jì huà shēng yùfamily planning
• 计划经济jì huà jīng jìplanned economy
• 筹划chóu huàto plan and prepare
• 谋划móu huàto scheme; to plot; conspiracy
• 出谋划策chū móu huà cèto put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory); to give advice (idiom)
• 策划人cè huà rénsponsor; plotter; schemer
• 行政区划xíng zhèng qū huàadministrative subdivision
• 整齐划一zhěng qí huà yīto be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
• 区划qū huàsubdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
• 具体计划jù tǐ jì huàa concrete plan; a definite plan
• 商业计划shāng yè jì huàbusiness plan
• 市场划分shì chǎng huà fēnmarket segmentation
• 行动计划xíng dòng jì huàaction plan
• 规划人员guī huà rén yuánplanner
• 总体规划zǒng tǐ guī huàoverall plan; master plan
• 行政区划图xíng zhèng qū huà túpolitical map
• 下划线xià huà xiànunderscore _; underline
• 线性规划xiàn xìng guī huàlinear programming
• 不划算bù huá suànit isn't worth it; not cost-effective; not profitable
• 规划局guī huà júplanning department

Characters that look like 划

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 丽lìbeautiful
• 驱qūto expel; to urge on; to drive
• 劲jìnstrength; energy; enthusiasm
• 囡nānchild; daughter

Sounds the same

Read huà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 话dialect; language; spoken words
• 画to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 化to make into; to change into; -ization
• 桦(botany) birch (genus Betula)
• 婳tranquil
• 摦wide; broad
• 繣obstinate; perverse
• 华Mount Hua 华山; surname Hua
• 畵variant of 画