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  waak6 waa2 waa6   jyutping
  hua4   pinyin
[] waak6 | [] hua4
[1] [v] draw; paint; sketch
[2] [v] delineate; mark; delimit
[3] [n] stroke of a Chinese character

[] waa2 | [] hua4
[n] drawing; painting; picture

[] waa6 | [] hua4
[n] sth decorated with painting or pictures

1. is sometimes used as a variant for Jyutping waak6.
2. For general discussion, see [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 12
Level: 2
Radical: (#102)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
畫 / 画

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This word has been viewed 14923 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Sep 2013 10:54

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detail  waak6 waa6*2  hua4 hua4 = to draw a picture
detail  waak6 tou4  hua4 tu2 = draw; paint; picture; painting; drawing
detail  waa6*2 min6*2  hua4 mian4 = display; screen
detail  gai3 waak6  ji4 hua4 = plan (can also be 計劃)
detail  din6 si6 waa6*2 min6*2   = television screen
detail  seoi2 coi2 waa6*2   = water-colour painting
detail  baan2 waa6*2   = a print made from an engraved plate
detail  jau4 waa6*2  you2 hua4 = oil painting
detail  zi2 sau2 waak6 goek3  zhi3 shou3 hua4 jiao3 = to gesticulate while talking; to have an animated conversation
detail  waa6*2 bou3  hua4 bao4 = pictorial
See all 60 compounds (CantoDict reports 62 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 畫
detail audio 唔該地圖畀我
Please draw a map for me.
detail 我們黑板一個正方形.
Let's draw a square on the blackboard.
detail 橙色的蠟筆太陽
She uses an orange crayon to draw the sun.
[來 here means "in order to" or "to". Marked as unsure: Can an editor please fix the jyutping?]
detail 呢度漫畫作品
Here's some of the manga I've produced.
[Lit. Here have me [counter] manga works. (A more literal translation of the meaning would be "here are some of my manga works" but that doesn't read too well in English.)]

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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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