1. to draw; to paint
2. to draw (a line) (variant of 划 huà)
3. stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划 huà)
4. (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划 huà)

classifiers: 幅, 張

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

1. size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes)
2. (coll.) propriety

1. (literary) small amount
2. sense of propriety; proper limits (of decorum, speech, behaviour, etc.)
3. size (typically of clothes); dimensions (of an object); measurement; fitting
4. small amount
5. standard; yardstick

1. different
2. distinctive
3. unlike