速写 (sù xiě) — sketch (quick drawing, especially from life); literary sketch (short descriptive piece of writing)

Definition

Examples

• 这位画家擅长人物速写，几分钟就能画出一幅。
  Zhè wèi huà jiā shàn cháng rén wù sù xiě, jǐ fēn zhōng jiù néng huà chū yì fú.
  This painter is good at figure sketches and can produce one in just a few minutes.
• 他的文学速写生动地描绘了市井生活。
  Tā de wén xué sù xiě shēng dòng dì miáo huì le shì jǐng shēng huó.
  His literary sketches vividly depict street life.
• 老师让我们用速写记录校园里的场景。
  Lǎo shī ràng wǒ men yòng sù xiě jì lù xiào yuán lǐ de chǎng jǐng.
  The teacher asked us to use sketches to record scenes on campus.