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

HSK 5
Huāniǎohuà hé shānshuǐhuà shì guóhuà de liǎng dà chuántǒng.
Bird-and-flower and landscape painting are the two great traditions of Chinese painting.
HSK 7-9
Qíbáishí de huāniǎohuà jí jù tèsè.
Qi Baishi's bird-and-flower paintings are highly distinctive.

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