刻畫

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	draw; picture; painting
trad. (刻畫)		刻	畫
simp. (刻画)		刻	画
alternative forms		刻劃／刻划

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ waak⁶, haak¹ waak⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khiak-ōe / khek-ōa / khek-ūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kêg⁴ uê⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèhuà
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: kè-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehhuah
    • Palladius: кэхуа (kɛxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ waak⁶, haak¹ waak⁶
    • Yale: hāk waahk, hāak waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ waak⁹, haak⁷ waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ wag⁶, hag¹ wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ waːk̚²/, /haːk̚⁵ waːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: khiak-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiak'oe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: khik-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qek'oa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ua²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ua²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: khik-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qek'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ui²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kêg⁴ uê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khek uē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰek̚²⁻⁴ ue¹¹/

Verb

刻畫

1. to draw (with a knife, pen, etc.)

   禁止刻畫。／禁止刻画。  ―  Jìnzhǐ kèhuà.  ―  No graffiti.

2. to depict; to portray; to characterise

Synonyms

• (to depict):

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

 

Related terms

• 塗鴉／涂鸦 (túyā)