huì huà
paint; draw; drawing; painting
我喜欢绘画，因为它能让我放松身心。
wǒ xǐhuān huìhuà, yīnwèi tā néng ràng wǒ fàngsōng shēnxīn.
I like painting because it can relax me.
他从小就喜欢绘画，长大后成为了一名画家。
tā cóngxiǎo jiù xǐhuān huìhuà, zhǎngdà hòu chéngwéile yīmíng huàjiā.
He liked painting since he was a child and became a painter when he grew up.
这幅绘画非常精美，让我叹为观止。
zhè fú huìhuà fēicháng jīngměi, ràng wǒ tàn wéi guānzhǐ.
This painting is so beautiful that it amazes me.
素描 (sùmiáo)
sketch
书法 (shūfǎ)
calligraphy
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The Chinese word 绘画 (huìhuà) for "painting" is composed of two characters: 绘 (huì) and 画 (huà). The character 绘 originally meant "to draw" or "to paint", and it is composed of the radical 糸 (mì), which represents silk, and the phonetic component 会 (huì). The character 画 originally meant "a picture" or "a drawing", and it is composed of the radical 竹 (zhú), which represents bamboo, and the phonetic component 画 (huà). Over time, the two characters 绘 and 画 came to be used interchangeably, and they are now both used to refer to painting.
