Word information
Simplified画眉
Traditional畫眉
Pinyinhuà méi
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
画眉
huà méi · to apply makeup to the eyebrows; (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
Character breakdown
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How to learn 画眉
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
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画huà
to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
画家huàjiāpainter; CL:個|个[ge4]
动画dònghuàanimation; cartoon
国画guóhuàtraditional Chinese painting
画面huàmiànscene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view
图画túhuàdrawing; picture