花鸟画

花鳥畫
huāniǎohuà
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 bird-and-flower painting (traditional Chinese painting genre)
  2. 2 flora-and-fauna painting

Examples

Qí Báishí de huāniǎohuà jí jù tèsè.
Qi Baishi's bird-and-flower paintings are highly distinctive.
Huāniǎohuà hé shānshuǐhuà shì guóhuà de liǎng dà chuántǒng.
Bird-and-flower and landscape painting are the two great traditions of Chinese painting.

Tips

history
One of the three major genres of Chinese painting, alongside 山水画 (landscape) and 人物画 (figure). It matured in the Tang–Song period and split into two schools: 工笔 (detailed, meticulous) and 写意 (freehand, expressive).

Stroke Order

huā
niǎo
huà