"To paint" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 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]) | |
| 绘画 | huì huà | to draw / to paint | |
| 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) | |
