水墨画

水墨畫

shuǐmòhuà

noun #93,994

Measure Word

一幅水墨画 fú

Meanings

1 ink and wash painting
2 Chinese ink painting

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他从小就学水墨画。

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù xué shuǐmòhuà.

He has been studying ink painting since he was a child.

HSK 4

水墨画讲究留白。

Shuǐmòhuà jiǎngjiū liúbái.

Ink painting places great importance on leaving blank space.

HSK 5

这幅水墨画画的是山水。

Zhè fú shuǐmòhuà huà de shì shānshuǐ.

This ink painting depicts a landscape.

Tips

culture

A classical Chinese art form using only black ink and water on rice paper or silk. Took shape in the Tang, matured in the Song - core technique is 晕染 (tonal gradation) and the use of 留白 (blank space) to suggest space and qi.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ

墨 mò

画 huà