| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 版畫 | 版画 | bǎn huà | a picture printed from an engraved or etched plate; print |
| 比畫 | 比画 | bǐ huà | gesture; gesticulate |
| 筆畫 | 笔画 | bǐ huà | strokes of a Chinese character |
| 壁畫 | 壁画 | bì huà | mural (painting); fresco |
| 擘畫 | 擘画 | bò huà | plan; arrange |
| 策畫 | 策画 | cè huà | to plan; to plot |
| 插畫 | 插画 | chā huà | illustration |
| 籌畫 | 筹画 | chóu huà | to plan and prepare |
| 動畫 | 动画 | dòng huà | animation; cartoon |
| 勾畫 | 勾画 | gōu huà | blueprinted |
| 畫 | 画 | huà | draw; picture; painting |
| 畫報 | 画报 | huà bào | pictorial (magazine) |
| 畫冊 | 画册 | huà cè | picture album |
| 畫插圖者 | 画插图者 | huà chā tú zhě | illustrator |
| 畫家 | 画家 | huà jiā | painter |
| 畫廊 | 画廊 | huà láng | gallery |
| 畫眉鳥 | 画眉鸟 | huà méi niǎo | thrush |
| 畫面 | 画面 | huà miàn | (picture) frame |
| 畫蛇添足 | 画蛇添足 | huà shé tiān zú | ruin the effect by adding what is superfluous; lit.: draw legs on a snake; fig.: to overdo it |
| 畫室 | 画室 | huà shì | (n) atelier |
| 畫圖 | 画图 | huà tú | paint |
| 畫像 | 画像 | huà xiàng | portrait; portray |
| 畫展 | 画展 | huà zhǎn | art exhibition |
| 畫兒 | 画儿 | huàr | picture; drawing; painting |
| 繪畫 | 绘画 | huì huà | drawing; painting |
| 計算機動畫 | 计算机动画 | jì suàn jī dòng huà | computer animation |
| 刻畫 | 刻画 | kè huà | portray |
| 連環畫 | 连环画 | lián huán huà | lianhuanhua (graphic novel) |
| 漫畫 | 漫画 | màn huà | caricature; cartoon |
| 漫畫家 | 漫画家 | màn huà jiā | mangaka |
| 描畫 | 描画 | miáo huà | to draw; to describe |
| 摹畫 | 摹画 | mó huà | describe |
| 年畫兒 | 年画儿 | nián huàr | New Year (or Spring Festival) picture |
| 琴棋書畫 | 琴棋书画 | qín qí shū huà | Four Arts of the Chinese Scholar (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) |
| 如畫 | 如画 | rú huà | picturesque |
| 山水畫 | 山水画 | shān shuǐ huà | shan shui (Chinese art style of mountains and water) |
| 書畫 | 书画 | shū huà | calligraphy |
| 水彩畫 | 水彩画 | shuǐ cǎi huà | (n) watercolor painting |
| 水墨畫 | 水墨画 | shuǐ mò huà | ink and wash painting |
| 圖畫 | 图画 | tú huà | drawing; picture |
| 下畫線 | 下画线 | xià huà xiàn | underline |
| 星艦奇航記動畫版 | 星舰奇航记动画版 | Xīng jiàn qí háng jì dòng huà bǎn | Star Trek: The Animated Series |
| 油畫 | 油画 | yóu huà | oil painting |
| 指手畫腳 | 指手画脚 | zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo | (saying) to gesticulate while talking; wave ones hands about as criticism |
| 中國畫 | 中国画 | Zhōng guó huà | Chinese painting |
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