How to say “traditional Chinese painting” in Chinese
traditional Chinese painting
“Traditional Chinese painting” in Chinese is 国画, guó huà: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
国画 is read guó huà: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Outside, 囗 “border”; inside, 玉 “jade”: a treasure behind a wall.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “国画”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 国画. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 周末我们去博物馆欣赏国画吧zhōumòwǒmenqùbówùguǎnxīnshǎngguóhuàbaLet's go to the museum this weekend to see some Chinese painting.
- 国画是用毛笔画的guóhuàshìyòngmáobǐhuàdeChinese painting is done with a brush.
- 这次展览展示了一百多幅国画。zhècìzhǎnlǎnzhǎnshìleyìbǎiduōfúguóhuàThis exhibition showed more than a hundred Chinese paintings.
More words from the lesson “Painting and colors”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “traditional Chinese painting” in Chinese?
“Traditional Chinese painting” in Chinese is 国画, pinyin guóhuà.
What does 国画 mean?
国画 (guóhuà) means “traditional Chinese painting”.
How do you write 国画?
国画 is 2 characters: 国 (guó) — country; 画 (huà) — draw; picture. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 国画?
国画 is read guóhuà. Tones: guó — second tone, huà — fourth tone. The page has an audio recording.
“traditional Chinese painting” in the lesson “Painting and colors”
This word is from the topic “Art” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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