素描 (sù miáo) — (noun) a rough drawing; a sketch; (noun) a short literary description; a literary sketch; (verb) to sketch; to make a rough drawing
Definition
A two-sense word: the noun means a sketch (drawing) or a short literary sketch; used as a verb in the art sense only ("to sketch"). Measure word for the drawing sense is 幅.
noun
a rough drawinga sketcha short literary descriptiona literary sketch
verb
to sketchto make a rough drawing
Measure word · 幅
Examples
- 素描。Huà jiā zài gōng yuán lǐ sù miáo le yí wèi lǎo rén de xiào xiàng.The painter sketched an old man's portrait in the park.
- 素描，。Zhè piān sù miáo suī rán hěn duǎn, dàn hěn shēng dòng.This literary sketch is very short, but very vivid.
- 素描。Tā yòng le shí fēn zhōng jiù wán chéng le yì fú sù miáo.She completed a sketch in just ten minutes.
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