huà jiā
painter; artist
这位画家很有名。
Zhè wèi huà jiā hěn yǒu míng.
This painter is very famous.
他是一位著名的画家。
Tā shì yī wèi zhù míng de huà jiā.
He is a famous painter.
我喜欢他的画。
Wǒ xǐ huan tā de huà.
I like his paintings.
美术家 (měishùjiā)
artist
丹青妙手 (dānqīngmiàoshǒu)
master painter
农民 (nóngmín)
farmer
工人 (gōngrén)
worker
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The Chinese word 画家 (huàjiā) for "painter" is composed of two characters: 画 (huà) and 家 (jiā). The character 画 originally meant "to draw" or "to paint", and it is composed of two parts: 聿 (yù), which represents a writing brush, and 勿 (wù), which means "not". Thus, the character 画 can be interpreted as "not stopping the brush", which implies the continuous and skillful movement of the brush in painting. The character 家 (jiā) originally meant "home" or "family", but it can also be used as a suffix to indicate a person who is skilled in a particular field. Therefore, the word 画家 (huàjiā) literally means "a person who is skilled in painting", or simply "painter".
