Draw in Chinese (Mandarin): 画画 (huàhuà)

画画
huàhuà
draw
- Simplified
- 画画
- Traditional
- 畫畫
- Pinyin
- huàhuà
- Typed as
- huahua
Use it in a sentence
我用蜡笔画画。
我用蠟筆畫畫。
I draw with a crayon.
The characters in 画画
画 / 畫
A painting or picture; also to draw.
8 strokes
The first 画 is the verb, to draw, and the second is the noun, a picture: "draw a picture". Both are fourth tone.
More examples with 画画
我在画画。
我在畫畫。
Wǒ zài huàhuà.
I am drawing.
我喜欢画画。
我喜歡畫畫。
Wǒ xǐhuan huàhuà.
I like to draw.
How to write 画画 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
画 8 strokes
In Traditional characters:
畫 12 strokes
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