miáo

to depict

to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up

hand (扌) + sound miáo (苗) = trace by hand

The hand radical anchors the meaning: tracing or copying is a deliberate, controlled hand movement over an existing form. 苗 contributes the sound miáo and does not carry the meaning.

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SeedlingPhonetic

他用几句话写出了那个地方的美景。

tā yòng jǐ jù huà miáo xiě chū le nà ge dì fang de měi jǐng。

He used a few sentences to depict the beautiful scenery of that place.

这本书绘了一个普通家庭的日常生活。

zhè běn shū miáo huì le yī gè pǔ tōng jiā tíng de rì cháng shēng huó。

This book depicts the everyday life of an ordinary family.

Words with 描

逐行扫描

zhú háng sǎo miáo

line by line scanning

隔行扫描

gé háng sǎo miáo

interlaced scanning

电脑断层扫描

diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo

CAT scan

人物描写

rén wù miáo xiě

portrayal

回描

huí miáo

flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube)

愈描愈黑

yù miáo yù hēi

see 越描越黑[yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1]

扫描

sǎo miáo

to scan

扫描仪

sǎo miáo yí

scanner (device)

扫描器

sǎo miáo qì

scanner

描图

miáo tú

to trace

描写

miáo xiě

to describe; to depict; to portray

描摹

miáo mó

to trace over

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