"描述" meaning in Chinese

See 描述 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /miːu̯²¹ sɵt̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /biau²⁴⁻²² sut̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /biau²⁴⁻²² sut̚²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /biau¹³⁻²² sut̚¹²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /biau²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /biau²³⁻³³ sut̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 描述
  1. to describe; to portray; to depict Related terms: 記敘 (jìxù), 记叙 (jìxù)
    Sense id: en-描述-zh-verb-H-335KwN Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 刻畫 (kèhuà), 刻画 (kèhuà), 塑造 (sùzào), 形容 (xíngróng), 描寫 (miáoxiě), 描写 (miáoxiě), 描摹 (miáomó), 描畫 (miáohuà), 描画 (miáohuà), 描繪 (miáohuì), 描绘 (miáohuì), 摹寫 (móxiě), 摹写 (móxiě), [in-compounds, literary], [in-compounds, literary]
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "描述",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The description is more or less accurate.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè zhǒng miáoshù duōshǎo yǒu diǎn zhǔnquèxìng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "這種描述多少有點準確性。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The description is more or less accurate.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè zhǒng miáoshù duōshǎo yǒu diǎn zhǔnquèxìng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "这种描述多少有点准确性。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Could you please briefly describe your condition for me?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Qǐng jiǎndān miáoshù yīxià nín de bìngqíng, hǎo ma?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "請簡單描述一下您的病情,好嗎?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Could you please briefly describe your condition for me?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Qǐng jiǎndān miáoshù yīxià nín de bìngqíng, hǎo ma?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "请简单描述一下您的病情,好吗?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to describe; to portray; to depict"
      ],
      "id": "en-描述-zh-verb-H-335KwN",
      "links": [
        [
          "describe",
          "describe"
        ],
        [
          "portray",
          "portray"
        ],
        [
          "depict",
          "depict"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "jìxù",
          "word": "記敘"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jìxù",
          "word": "记叙"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "kèhuà",
          "word": "刻畫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kèhuà",
          "word": "刻画"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sùzào",
          "word": "塑造"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xíngróng",
          "word": "形容"
        },
        {
          "roman": "miáoxiě",
          "word": "描寫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "miáoxiě",
          "word": "描写"
        },
        {
          "roman": "miáomó",
          "word": "描摹"
        },
        {
          "roman": "miáohuà",
          "word": "描畫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "miáohuà",
          "word": "描画"
        },
        {
          "roman": "miáohuì",
          "word": "描繪"
        },
        {
          "roman": "miáohuì",
          "word": "描绘"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móxiě",
          "word": "摹寫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móxiě",
          "word": "摹写"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "繪"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "绘"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miáoshù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miu⁴ seot⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biâu-su̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miáoshù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miáoshù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miao²-shu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "myáu-shù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miaushuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mjaošu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мяошу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miu⁴ seot⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mìuh seuht"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miu⁴ soet⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miu⁴ sêd⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːu̯²¹ sɵt̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biâu-su̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biâu-su̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biausut"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biau²⁴⁻²² sut̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biau²⁴⁻²² sut̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biau¹³⁻²² sut̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biau²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biau²³⁻³³ sut̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "描述"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "描述",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "jìxù",
      "word": "記敘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìxù",
      "word": "记叙"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Advanced Mandarin",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 描",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 述",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The description is more or less accurate.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè zhǒng miáoshù duōshǎo yǒu diǎn zhǔnquèxìng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "這種描述多少有點準確性。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The description is more or less accurate.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè zhǒng miáoshù duōshǎo yǒu diǎn zhǔnquèxìng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "这种描述多少有点准确性。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Could you please briefly describe your condition for me?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Qǐng jiǎndān miáoshù yīxià nín de bìngqíng, hǎo ma?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "請簡單描述一下您的病情,好嗎?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Could you please briefly describe your condition for me?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Qǐng jiǎndān miáoshù yīxià nín de bìngqíng, hǎo ma?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "请简单描述一下您的病情,好吗?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to describe; to portray; to depict"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "describe",
          "describe"
        ],
        [
          "portray",
          "portray"
        ],
        [
          "depict",
          "depict"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miáoshù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miu⁴ seot⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biâu-su̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miáoshù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miáoshù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miao²-shu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "myáu-shù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miaushuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mjaošu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мяошу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miu⁴ seot⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mìuh seuht"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miu⁴ soet⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miu⁴ sêd⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːu̯²¹ sɵt̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biâu-su̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biâu-su̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biausut"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biau²⁴⁻²² sut̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biau²⁴⁻²² sut̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biau¹³⁻²² sut̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biau²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biau²³⁻³³ sut̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kèhuà",
      "word": "刻畫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kèhuà",
      "word": "刻画"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sùzào",
      "word": "塑造"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xíngróng",
      "word": "形容"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáoxiě",
      "word": "描寫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáoxiě",
      "word": "描写"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáomó",
      "word": "描摹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáohuà",
      "word": "描畫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáohuà",
      "word": "描画"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáohuì",
      "word": "描繪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáohuì",
      "word": "描绘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móxiě",
      "word": "摹寫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móxiě",
      "word": "摹写"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "繪"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "绘"
    }
  ],
  "word": "描述"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 描述 meaning in Chinese (5.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "page/2196",
  "msg": "parse_linkage_recurse unhandled NodeKind.URL: <URL(['https://wiki.local/w/index.php?action=edit&title=Thesaurus%3A%E6%8F%8F%E8%BF%B0'], ['edit']){} >",
  "path": [
    "描述"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "描述",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (99a4ed9 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.