绘 huì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 会 to assemble, to meet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
绘声绘色
huìshēnghuìsè
vivid and lifelike
Characters in this word
声 shēng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 士 — scholar, gentleman
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
色 sè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 色 — color, tint, hue, shade
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 巴 to cling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 奶奶把年轻时的故事讲得绘声绘色，孩子们都听入了迷。 Nǎinai bǎ niánqīng shí de gùshi jiǎng de huìshēng huìsè, háizimen dōu tīng rù le mí. Grandma told the stories of her youth so vividly that the children were all spellbound.
- 他绘声绘色地描述了昨天看到的比赛。 Tā huìshēng huìsè de miáoshù le zuótiān kàndào de bǐsài. He described the match he saw yesterday in vivid, lifelike detail.
- 老师读课文绘声绘色，同学们仿佛亲眼看见了一样。 Lǎoshī dú kèwén huìshēng huìsè, tóngxuémen fǎngfú qīnyǎn kànjiàn le yíyàng. The teacher reads the text so expressively that the students feel as if they saw it with their own eyes.
Related words
- 绘画 huìhuà to draw, to paint
- 描绘 miáohuì to depict
- 绘制 huìzhì to draw; to chart; to map
- 大声 dàshēng loudly
- 声音 shēngyīn sound; voice
- 小声 xiǎoshēng in a low voice; quietly
- 歌声 gēshēng singing voice
- 声明 shēngmíng statement
- 铃声 língshēng ringtone; ringing sound
- 声 shēng sound
- 相声 xiàngsheng Chinese comic dialogue
- 声调 shēngdiào tone