素描

Chinese

		plain; element	depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up
trad. (素描)		素	描
simp. #(素描)		素	描

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùmiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ miu⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sò͘-biâu / sò͘-biô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): su³ miao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùmiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùmiáo
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-miao²
    • Yale: sù-myáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhmiau
    • Palladius: сумяо (sumjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou³ miu⁴
    • Yale: sou mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ miu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ miːu̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 掃描 / 扫描 素描

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-biâu
    • Tâi-lô: sòo-biâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorbiaau
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ biau¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ biau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ biau²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ biau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-biô
    • Tâi-lô: sòo-biô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorbiooi
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ biɤ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ bio²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: su³ miao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sù miâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su²¹³⁻⁵⁵ miau⁵⁵/

Noun

素描

1. sketch

Verb

素描

1. to sketch

Derived terms

• 素描本 (sùmiáoběn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
素	描
そ Grade: 5	びょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

素(そ)描(びょう) • (sobyō) 

1. sketch

Verb

素(そ)描(びょう)する • (sobyō suru) suru (stem 素(そ)描(びょう)し (sobyō shi), past 素(そ)描(びょう)した (sobyō shita))

1. to sketch

Conjugation

Conjugation of "素描する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	素描し	そびょうし	sobyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	素描し	そびょうし	sobyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	素描する	そびょうする	sobyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	素描する	そびょうする	sobyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	素描すれ	そびょうすれ	sobyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	素描せよ¹ 素描しろ²	そびょうせよ¹ そびょうしろ²	sobyō seyo¹ sobyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	素描される	そびょうされる	sobyō sareru
Causative	素描させる 素描さす	そびょうさせる そびょうさす	sobyō saseru sobyō sasu
Potential	素描できる	そびょうできる	sobyō dekiru
Volitional	素描しよう	そびょうしよう	sobyō shiyō
Negative	素描しない	そびょうしない	sobyō shinai
Negative continuative	素描せず	そびょうせず	sobyō sezu
Formal	素描します	そびょうします	sobyō shimasu
Perfective	素描した	そびょうした	sobyō shita
Conjunctive	素描して	そびょうして	sobyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	素描すれば	そびょうすれば	sobyō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “素描”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026