人物画

人物畫

rénwùhuà

noun #77,587

Measure Word

一幅人物画 fú

Meanings

1 figure painting
2 portrait painting (Chinese traditional art)
3 painting depicting human figures

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

顾恺之是早期人物画的代表人物。

Gù Kǎizhī shì zǎoqī rénwùhuà de dàibiǎo rénwù.

Gu Kaizhi is a representative master of early figure painting.

HSK 7-9

人物画是中国画三大分科之一。

Rénwùhuà shì Zhōngguóhuà sān dà fēnkē zhīyī.

Figure painting is one of the three major branches of Chinese painting.

HSK 7-9

他擅长工笔人物画。

Tā shàncháng gōngbǐ rénwùhuà.

He specializes in meticulous-style figure painting.

Tips

history

Chinese painting is traditionally divided into 人物画 (figures), 山水画 (landscape), and 花鸟画 (birds-and-flowers). Figure painting was the earliest to mature - Gu Kaizhi (顾恺之, ~344-406 CE) is usually treated as the founding master.

Stroke Order

人 rén

物 wù

画 huà