| 画 | huà | to draw; picture; painting; CL:幅,张 |
| 画面 | huà miàn | scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view |
| 画家 | huà jiā | painter; CL:个 |
| 画幅 | huà fú | painting; picture; dimension of a painting |
| 画法 | huà fǎ | painting technique; drawing method |
| 画笔 | huà bǐ | painting brush |
| 画图 | huà tú | to draw designs, maps etc; picture (e.g. of life in the city) |
| 画像 | huà xiàng | portrait; portray |
| 画报 | huà bào | pictorial (magazine); CL:本,份,册,期 |
| 画室 | huà shì | artist's studio; atelier |
| 画布 | huà bù | canvas (artist's painting surface) |
| 画卷 | huà juǎn | picture scroll |
| 画展 | huà zhǎn | art exhibition |
| 画册 | huà cè | picture album |
| 画廊 | huà láng | gallery |
| 画儿 | huàr | picture; drawing; painting |
| 画皮 | huà pí | painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty) |
| 画架 | huà jià | easel; rack for painting |
| 画蛇添足 | huà shé tiān zú | lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it |
| 画圆 | huà yuán | to draw a circle |
| 画坛 | huà tán | painting world; painting circles |
| 画押 | huà yā | to sign; to make one's mark |
| 画插图者 | huà chā tú zhě | illustrator |
| 画框 | huà kuàng | picture frame |
| 画毡 | huà zhān | felt desk pad for calligraphy |
| 画法几何 | huà fǎ jǐ hé | descriptive Geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations) |
| 画眉鸟 | huà méi niǎo | thrush |
| 画荻教子 | huà dí jiào zǐ | to arrange reed figures to teach reading (idiom); mother's admirable dedication to her children's education |
| 画虎类犬 | huà hǔ lèi quǎn | drawing a tiger like a dog (idiom); to make a fool of oneself by excessive ambition |
| 画轴 | huà zhóu | character scroll; scroll painting |
| 画饼充饥 | huà bǐng chōng jī | lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake; to feed on illusions (idiom) |
| 画龙点睛 | huà lóng diǎn jīng | to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point |
