勾
画

To sketch out in Chinese: 勾画 (gōu huà)

gōu huà

to sketch out

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 勾畫1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to sketch out
  2. 2to delineate

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勾
画

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ㄍㄡ

gōu

ㄍ/ gㄡ/ ou—/ first tone

ㄏㄨㄚˋ

huà

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

勾画

Simplified

勾畫

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他用几笔就勾画出了人物的样子。

    tā yòng jǐ bǐ jiù gōu huà chū le rén wù de yàng zi。

    With a few strokes he sketched out the figure.

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Related words

画

huà

to draw

勾

gōu

to attract

画儿

huà r

picture

画家

huà jiā

painter

图画

tú huà

drawing

画面

huà miàn

scene

漫画

màn huà

caricature

动画

dòng huà

animation

绘画

huì huà

drawing

壁画

bì huà

mural (painting)

勾结

gōu jié

to collude with

国画

guó huà

traditional Chinese painting

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