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描

miáo

HSK 5 Character

What 描 means

1. to depict
2. to trace (a drawing)
3. to copy
4. to touch up

Example sentences

• 很难描述。
  It's really difficult to describe.
• 此人与描述相符。
  Cǐ rén yǔ miáoshù xiāngfú.
  The man corresponded to the description.
• 这个描述太抽象了。
  Zhège miáoshù tài chōuxiàng le.
  This description is too abstract.
• 他画了一张苹果素描。
  He sketched an apple.
• 他详细地描述了事故状况。
  Tā xiángxì de miáoshù le shìgù zhuàngkuàng.
  He described the incident in detail.
• 汤姆给玛丽画了大象的素描。
  Tāngmǔ gěi Mǎlì huà le dàxiàng de sùmiáo.
  Tom sketched a picture of an elephant for Mary.

Words starting with 描

• 描写miáo xiěto describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
• 描绘miáo huìto describe; to depict; to portray
• 描述miáo shùto describe; description
• 描摹miáo móto trace over; to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc); (fig.) to describe
• 描画miáo huàto draw; to describe
• 描图miáo túto trace
• 描红miáo hóngto trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)…
• 描金miáo jīnto outline in gold

Words containing 描

• 扫描sǎo miáoto scan
• 素描sù miáosketch
• 轻描淡写qīng miáo dàn xiě(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate
• 扫描仪sǎo miáo yíscanner (device)
• 白描bái miáoline drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style; simple and straightforward style of…
• 回描huí miáoflyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube); retrace
• 人物描写rén wù miáo xiěportrayal
• 越描越黑yuè miáo yuè hēilit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get; fig. to only make matters worse
• 扫描器sǎo miáo qìscanner
• 数码扫描shù mǎ sǎo miáoa digital scan
• 断层扫描duàn céng sǎo miáoCT scan (computed tomography scan)
• 超声扫描chāo shēng sǎo miáoultrasonic scan
• 逐行扫描zhú háng sǎo miáoline by line scanning; progressive scanning
• 隔行扫描gé háng sǎo miáointerlaced scanning
• 电脑断层扫描diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáoCAT scan; CT scan
• 愈描愈黑yù miáo yù hēisee 越描越黑

Characters built on 苗

These share the phonetic component 苗 (miáo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 瞄miáoto take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
• 喵miāo(onomatopoeia) meow; cat's mewing
• 鹋miáoused in 鸸鹋

Characters that look like 描

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

• 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce
• 幅fúwidth; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
• 捆kǔna bunch; to tie together; bundle
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 掮qiánto carry on the shoulder

Sounds the same

Read miáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 苗sprout
• 瞄to take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
• 鹋used in 鸸鹋