# 描写 (miáoxiě)

In Mandarin Chinese, 描写 (miáoxiě) means “to describe; to depict”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to describe; to depict
- Pinyin: miáoxiě (miao2 xie3)
- Traditional: 描寫
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 这本小说描写了普通人的生活。
  Zhè běn xiǎoshuō miáoxiěle pǔtōngrén de shēnghuó.
  This novel depicts the lives of ordinary people.

## Characters

- 描 (miáo): to depict; to trace (a drawing)
- [写](https://hanziro.com/word/xie-write/) (xiě): to write

https://hanziro.com/word/miao-xie-describe/

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