描述

miáoshù

verb HSK 4 #2,231

Meanings

1 to describe
2 description

Characters

to trace; to depict

to state; to narrate

Depict + narrate = to give an account or description.

Examples

请描述一下事情的经过。

Qǐng miáoshù yīxià shìqing de jīngguò.

Please describe what happened.

他的描述非常详细。

Tā de miáoshù fēicháng xiángxì.

His description was very detailed.

很难用语言来描述这种感觉。

Hěn nán yòng yǔyán lái miáoshù zhèzhǒng gǎnjué.

It's hard to describe this feeling in words.

Tips

usage

描述 vs 描写: 描述 is factual/objective, 描写 is literary/artistic.

Stroke Order

描 miáo

述 shù