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Jyutping miu4
Pinyin miáo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to depict
  2. to trace (a drawing)
  3. to copy
  4. to touch up
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to depict/to trace (a drawing)/to copy/to touch up/to sketch
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to depict; to describe
  2. character
    to copy; to trace; to sketch
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. copy, trace, sketch
  2. depict
  3. Cangjie Input
    QTW
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 四级汉字表 #155
  2. HSK3 高等手写字表 #253
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我打算描写我们的公园和山。
    我打算描寫我們的公園和山。
    wǒ dǎ suàn miáo xiě wǒ men de gōng yuán hé shān 。
    • I am going to write about our parks and mountains.
  2. Mandarin
    Beth详细描述了她所见到的事。
    Beth詳細描述了她所見到的事。
    beth xiáng xì miáo shù le tā suǒ jiàn dào de shì 。
    • Beth described what she had seen in detail.
  3. Mandarin
    评论员对巫巫兹拉的声音作出了各种各样的描述:除了「烦人」、「像魔鬼一般」之外,还把它比作「一群嘈吵的大象」、「一群嗡嗡狂叫的蝗虫」、「一只准备给屠宰的山羊」、「一个装满发狂的蜜蜂的巨大蜂巢」、「一只吃了摇头丸的鸭子」等等。
    評論員對巫巫茲拉的聲音作出了各種各樣的描述:除了「煩人」、「像魔鬼一般」之外,還把它比作「一群嘈吵的大象」、「一群嗡嗡狂叫的蝗蟲」、「一隻準備給屠宰的山羊」、「一個裝滿發狂的蜜蜂的巨大蜂巢」、「一隻吃了搖頭丸的鴨子」等等。
    píng lùn yuán duì wū wū zī lā de shēng yīn zuò chū le gè zhǒng gè yàng de miáo shù : chú le 「 fán rén 」、「 xiàng mó guǐ yī bān 」 zhī wài , hái bǎ tā bǐ zuò 「 yī qún cáo chǎo de dà xiàng 」、「 yī qún wēng wēng kuáng jiào de huáng chóng 」、「 yī zhī zhǔn bèi gěi tú zǎi de shān yáng 」、「 yí gè zhuāng mǎn fā kuáng de mì fēng de jù dà fēng cháo 」、「 yī zhī chī le yáo tóu wán de yā zi 」 děng děng 。
    • Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".
  4. Mandarin
    克林顿在被要求描述他和莱温斯基的关系时含糊其词。
    克林頓在被要求描述他和萊温斯基的關係時含糊其詞。
    kè lín dùn zài bèi yāo qiú miáo shù tā hé lái wēn sī jī de guān xi shí hán hú qí cí 。
    • Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
  5. Mandarin
    该报文章中将被告人描述成一个罪魁祸首,尽管他已经被证明是无辜的了。
    該報文章中將被告人描述成一個罪魁禍首,儘管他已經被證明是無辜的了。
    gāi bào wén zhāng zhōng jiàng bèi gào rén miáo shù chéng yí gè zuì kuí huò shǒu , jǐn guǎn tā yǐ jīng bèi zhèng míng shì wú gū de le 。
    • The news article painted the defendant as a guilty man, even though he had been proven innocent.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    描述精准
    描述精準
    miu4 seot6 zing1 zeon2
    • precise description
  2. Cantonese
    呢篇文章描写咗一个孤儿长大嘅过程。
    呢篇文章描寫咗一個孤兒長大嘅過程。
    ni1 pin1 man4 zoeng1 miu4 se2 zo2 jat1 go3 gu1 ji4 zoeng2 daai6 ge3 gwo3 cing4.
    • This passage describes how an orphan grew up.
  3. Cantonese
    呢首诗入面用咗好多唔同嘅意象去描写「拥抱」嘅感觉。
    呢首詩入面用咗好多唔同嘅意象去描寫「擁抱」嘅感覺。
    ni1 sau2 si1 jap6 min6 jung6 zo2 hou2 do1 m4 tung4 ge3 ji3 zoeng6 heoi3 miu4 se2 "jung2 pou5" ge3 gam2 gok3.
    • There are a lot of examples of imagery in this poem to describe the feeling of embracing.
  4. Cantonese
    佢嘅描述好清楚。
    佢嘅描述好清楚。
    keoi5 ge3 miu4 seot6 hou2 cing1 co2.
    • His description is very clear.
  5. Cantonese
    佢将个故仔描述得好生动。
    佢將個故仔描述得好生動。
    keoi5 zoeng1 go3 gu2 zai2 miu4 seot6 dak1 hou2 sang1 dung6.
    • He described the story in a very lively way.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这种描述多少有点准确性。
    這種描述多少有點準確性。
    zhè zhǒng miáo shù duō shǎo yǒu diǎn zhǔn què xìng .
    • The description is more or less accurate.
  2. Mandarin
    请简单描述一下您的病情,好吗?
    請簡單描述一下您的病情,好嗎?
    qǐng jiǎn dān miáo shù yī xià nín de bìng qíng , hǎo ma ?
    • Could you please briefly describe your condition for me?
    • Please give briefly describe your condition for me.
  3. Mandarin
    人体扫描
    人體掃描
    rén tǐ sǎo miáo
    • body scan
  4. Mandarin
    扫描二维码
    掃描二維碼
    sǎo miáo èr wéi mǎ
    • to scan a QR code
  5. Mandarin
    她无法用“好”或“坏”来形容你现在的模样,她痴呆的坐在你对面,无谓的盘算如何在回台北之后向亲友描述你沦落的惨状,你从她张大嘴巴里闻到了男人下体味道。
    她无法用“好”或“坏”来形容你现在的模样,她痴呆的坐在你对面,无谓的盘算如何在回台北之后向亲友描述你沦落的惨状,你从她张大嘴巴里闻到了男人下体味道。
    From : 28 August 1991 , kuo cheng 郭箏 , Gods di ce 上帝的骰子 , chi na Times 中國時報
    • She couldn't use the words 'good' or 'bad' to describe what you were like. She sat across from you in a daze, idly speculating how she would describe your miserable, degenerate state to family and friends upon her return to Taipei. From her wide-open mouth you smelled the scent of men's genitals.