Definition
划 (huà) is often confused with 画 (huà, HSK2) because both mean 'draw': 划 means to draw a line or delimit a boundary, while 画 means to paint or draw a picture. In its 'transfer/assign' sense, 划 applies to money (划账) or resources—not to people (派 pài) or official posts (任 rèn).
verb
to draw (a line)to delimitto transferto assignto planto make (a plan)
Easily confused
- 或huòlook-alike(conjunction) or (used to link alternatives)
- 花huāsound-aliketo spend (money or time)
- 找zhǎolook-aliketo look for, to seek
- 花huāsound-alike(surname) Hua
- 戏xìlook-alike(noun) drama; play; show (especially theatrical performance)
- 画huàsound-alike(verb) to draw; to paint
- 滑huásound-alike(adjective) slippery, smooth
- 化huàsound-alike(suffix) -ize; -ification; to make into a certain state
Examples
- 划。Tā zài zhǐ shàng huà le yì tiáo xiàn.He drew a line on the paper.
- 划。Qǐng bǎ qián huà dào wǒ de zhànghù.Please transfer the money to my account.
- 。Wǒmen jìhuà le yí gè xiángxì de fāng'àn.We made a detailed plan.
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