描

miáo

copy, trace, sketch; depict

How to write 描, stroke by stroke

to depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 苗

Made of 扌 + 苗

描述miáo shùto describe; description
扫描sǎo miáoto scan
描绘miáo huìto describe; to depict; to portray
素描sù miáosketch
描写miáo xiěto describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
扫描仪sǎo miáo yíscanner (device)
扫描器sǎo miáo qìscanner
轻描淡写qīng miáo dàn xiě(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate
回描huí miáoflyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube); retrace
描图miáo túto trace
描画miáo huàto draw; to describe
描红miáo hóngto trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write); paper printed with red characters to trace over

我打算描写我们的公园和山。
wǒ dǎ suàn miáo xiě wǒ men de gōng yuán hé shān 。
I am going to write about our parks and mountains.
这个描述太抽象了。
zhè ge miáo shù tài chōu xiàng le 。
This description is too abstract.
他画了一张苹果素描。
tā huà le yì zhāng píng guǒ sù miáo 。
He sketched an apple.
他详细地描述了事故状况。
tā xiáng xì dì miáo shù liǎo shì gù zhuàng kuàng 。
He described the incident in detail.
我不是诗人，无法用一行文字描绘它的美丽。
wǒ bú shì shī rén ， wú fǎ yòng yì háng wén zì miáo huì tā de měi lì 。
I'm not a poet; I couldn't write a single line to depict its beauty.