Describe in Chinese
to describe · HSK 5
描述
- 描 to trace
- 述 to state
你能描述一下那个人的样子吗？ Can you describe what that person looked like?
Other ways to say describe
More words with 描 or 述
How do you say describe in Chinese?
Describe in Chinese is 描述 (miáo shù). You can also say 形容 (xíng róng), 描写 (miáo xiě), 写 (xiě).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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