"Paint" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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油漆 yóu qī oil paints / lacquer / to paint / CL:層|层[ceng2]
涂抹 tú mǒ to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate
画 huà to draw / to paint / picture / painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
涂料 tú liào paint
绘画 huì huà to draw / to paint
颜料 yán liào paint / dye / pigment
画画 huà huà to draw / to paint
作画 zuò huà to paint
粉刷 fěn shuā to paint / to whitewash / emulsion / plaster
粉饰 fěn shì to paint / to whitewash / to decorate / plaster / fig. to gloss over / to cover up
设色 shè sè to paint / to color
着色 zhuó sè to apply color / to color / to paint
绘 huì to draw / to paint / to depict / to portray
刷 shuā a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
漆 qī paint / lacquer / CL:道[dao4] / to paint (furniture, walls etc)
手绘 shǒu huì to paint by hand / to draw by hand / hand-painted / hand-drawn
头道 tóu dào first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc)
喷漆 pēn qī to spray paint or lacquer / lacquer
乳胶漆 rǔ jiāo qī latex paint / emulsion paint
脱皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience
双管齐下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
画龙点睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
涂饰 tú shì to apply paint, veneer etc / to plaster over / decorative coating / finish / veneer
天那水 tiān nà shuǐ paint thinner
酥油花 sū yóu huā butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
油 yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
搽 chá to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on
朱漆 zhū qī (traditional) red paint / red lacquer
绝热漆 jué rè qī heat-resistant paint
饮酒作乐 yǐn jiǔ zuò lè drinking party / to go on a binge / to paint the town red
含铅涂料 hán qiān tú liào lead paint / lead-based paint
喷漆房  paint tunnel
欧洲油漆油墨油彩业理事会  European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry
金漆 jīn qī copper paint / fake gold leaf
滚筒刷 gǔn tǒng shuā paint roller
涂白剂 tú bái jì a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
涂去 tú qù to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc / to paint out / to paint over
扫眉 sǎo méi to paint the eyebrows
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