描述

Chinese

		depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up	to state; to tell; to narrate to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
trad. (描述)		描	述
simp. #(描述)		描	述

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miáoshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴ seot⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biâu-su̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miáoshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miáoshù
    • Wade–Giles: miao²-shu⁴
    • Yale: myáu-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miaushuh
    • Palladius: мяошу (mjaošu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁴ seot⁶
    • Yale: mìuh seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴ soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴ sêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹ sɵt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu-su̍t
    • Tâi-lô: biâu-su̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biausut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biau²⁴⁻²² sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biau²⁴⁻²² sut̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³⁻²² sut̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biau²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau²³⁻³³ sut̚⁴/

Verb

描述

1. to describe; to portray; to depict

   這種描述多少有點準確性。 [MSC, trad.]
   这种描述多少有点准确性。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè zhǒng miáoshù duōshǎo yǒu diǎn zhǔnquèxìng. [Pinyin]

   The description is more or less accurate.

   請簡單描述一下您的病情，好嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   请简单描述一下您的病情，好吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng jiǎndān miáoshù yīxià nín de bìngqíng, hǎo ma? [Pinyin]

   Could you please briefly describe your condition for me?

Synonyms

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

 

See also

• 記敘／记叙 (jìxù)