"Sketch" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 相声 | xiàng sheng | comic dialogue / sketch / crosstalk |  |
| 简述 | jiǎn shù | to outline / to summarize / to sketch / summary / brief description / concise narrative / in a nutshell / briefly | |
| 素描 | sù miáo | sketch | |
| 勾勒 | gōu lè | to draw the outline of / to outline / to sketch / to delineate contours of / to give a brief account of |  |
| 示意图 | shì yì tú | sketch / schematic diagram / graph | |
| 剪影 | jiǎn yǐng | paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch | |
| 段子 | duàn zi | item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts) / sketch | |
| 草图 | cǎo tú | a sketch / rough drawing | |
| 草稿 | cǎo gǎo | draft / outline / sketch | |
| 稿本 | gǎo běn | manuscript (of a book etc) / sketch (of a design etc) | |
| 勾划 | gōu huà | to sketch / to delineate | |
| 略图 | lu:è tú | sketch / sketch map / thumbnail picture | |
| 打底子 | dǎ dǐ zi | to sketch / to draft / to lay the foundation | |
| 构思 | gòu sī | to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition | |
| 眉目 | méi mù | general facial appearance / features / arrangement / sequence of ideas / logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things | |
| 写生 | xiě shēng | to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing | |
| 速写 | sù xiě | quick sketch | |
| 勾画 | gōu huà | to sketch out / to delineate | |
| 本纪 | běn jì | biographic sketch of an emperor | |
| 打底 | dǎ dǐ | to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat | |
| 小传 | xiǎo zhuàn | sketch biography / profile | |
| 传略 | zhuàn lu:è | biographical sketch | |
| 画稿 | huà gǎo | rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it | |
| 生平简介 | shēng píng jiǎn jiè | biographic sketch | |
| 事略 | shì lu:è | biographical sketch | |
| 单口相声 | dān kǒu xiàng shēng | comic monologue / one-person comic sketch | |
| 像片簿 | xiàng piàn bù | album / photo album / sketch book | |
| 全景描绘图 | quán jǐng miáo huì tú | panorama sketch | |
