描 (miu4) — trace; copy in Cantonese
miuˎ₄描Mandarin Pinyin: miao2
Meaning of 描
nountrace; copy
nounretouch; touch up
Example Sentences with 描
fukˉ¹幅sou˗₃素miuˎ₄描houˊ²好leng3.靚。
The sketch is beautiful.
louˏ₅老siˉ¹師gaau˗₃教sou˗₃素miu4.描。
The teacher teaches sketching.
keoiˏ₅佢waaˍ₆畫ganˊ²緊sou˗₃素miu4.描。
He is drawing a sketch.
niˉ¹呢zoengˉ¹張haiˍ₆係sou˗₃素miu4.描。
This is a sketch.
ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想hokˍ₆學sou˗₃素miu4.描。
I want to learn sketching.
Words Containing 描
描摹miu4 mou4
to describe; to portray
描述miu4 seot6
to describe
描繪miu4 kui2
describe; depict; portray
輕描淡寫hing1 miu4 daam6 se2
to understate, play down
人物描寫jan4 mat2 miu4 se2
portrayal
描圖miu4 tou4
to trace
描圖紙miu4 tou4 zi2
tracing paper
描金miu4 gam1
to outline in gold
描寫miu4 se2
to describe; to depict
數碼掃描sou3 maa5 sou3 miu4
a digital scan
難以描述naan4 ji5 miu4 seot6
no words can describe
描紅miu4 hung4
to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)
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