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描
miáo
1. depict
2. to trace (a drawing)
3. to copy
4. to touch up
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

描
miáo
to copy, to depict, to sketch, to trace
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

回描
huímiáo
flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube)
扫描
sǎomiáo
to scan
描图
miáotú
to trace
描写
miáoxiě
to describe
HSK 5
描摹
miáomó
to describe
描画
miáohuà
to draw
描红
miáohóng
to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)
描绘
miáohuì
to describe
HSK 6
描述
miáoshù
to describe
描金
miáojīn
to outline in gold
白描
báimiáo
line drawing in traditional ink and brush style
素描
sùmiáo
sketch
扫描仪
sǎomiáoyí
scanner (device)
扫描器
sǎomiáoqì
scanner
人物描写
rénwùmiáoxiě
portrayal
愈描愈黑
yùmiáoyùhēi
see [[越描越黑<yuèmiáoyuèhēi>]]
数码扫描
shùmǎsǎomiáo
a digital scan
超声扫描
chāoshēngsǎomiáo
ultrasonic scan
越描越黑
yuèmiáoyuèhēi
lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get
轻描淡写
qīngmiáodànxiě
to sketch in light shades

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,245
Word Frequency Rank
3,199 of 84,292