Chinese symbol for “delineate”
划线
huà xiàn
Traditional: 劃線
to delineate; to draw a line; to underline
The closest CC-CEDICT match for delineate is 划线 (huà xiàn), defined as: to delineate; to draw a line; to underline.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “delineate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勾出 | gōu chū | to delineate; to articulate |
| 勾 | gōu | to attract; to arouse |
| 勾划 (勾劃) | gōu huà | to sketch; to delineate |
| 勾画 (勾畫) | gōu huà | to sketch out; to delineate |
| 圈定 | quān dìng | to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it; (fig.) to designate; to delineate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 划线.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 计划 (計劃) | jì huà | plan; project |
| 规划 (規劃) | guī huà | to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program |
| 划分 (劃分) | huà fēn | to divide up; to partition |
| 行政区划 (行政區劃) | xíng zhèng qū huà | administrative subdivision |
| 策划 (策劃) | cè huà | to plot; to scheme |
| 区划 (區劃) | qū huà | subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) |
| 路线 (路線) | lù xiàn | itinerary; route |
| 在线 (在線) | zài xiàn | online; connected to the Internet; (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; fun |
See also: Japanese symbol for “delineate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.