描寫

See also: 描写

Chinese

		depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up	to write
trad. (描寫)		描	寫
simp. (描写)		描	写

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miáoxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴ se²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mèu-siá
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): biâu-siá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhio⁵ sia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miáoxiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miáosiě
    • Wade–Giles: miao²-hsieh³
    • Yale: myáu-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miaushiee
    • Palladius: мяосе (mjaose)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁴ se²
    • Yale: mìuh sé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴ se²
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴ sé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹ sɛː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mèu-siá
    • Hakka Romanization System: meuˇ xia`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: meu² xia³
    • Sinological IPA: /meu̯¹¹ si̯a³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu-siá
    • Tâi-lô: biâu-siá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biausiar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biau²⁴⁻²² sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biau²⁴⁻²² sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³⁻²² sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biau²⁴⁻¹¹ sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau²³⁻³³ sia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhio⁵ sia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: biô siá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bio⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sia⁵²/

Verb

描寫

1. to describe; to portray; to depict

Synonyms

• 刻畫／刻画 (kèhuà)
• 塑造 (sùzào)
• 形容 (xíngróng)
• 描摹 (miáomó)
• 描畫／描画 (miáohuà)
• 描繪／描绘 (miáohuì)
• 描述 (miáoshù)
• 繪／绘 (literary, or in compounds)

 

Related terms

• 抒發／抒发 (shūfā)
• 抒寫／抒写 (shūxiě)

See also

• 記敘／记叙 (jìxù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
描	寫
びょう Grade: S	しゃ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

描(びょう)寫(しゃ) • (byōsha) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 描写 (“description; depiction; portrayal”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
描	寫

Noun

描寫 • (myosa) (hangeul 묘사)

1. Hanja form^? of 묘사 (“description; depiction; portrayal”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
描	寫

Verb

描寫

1. chữ Hán form of miêu tả (“to describe; to outline”).