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The Chinese word for painter is
油漆匠

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painter

Chinese Definition


painter
     1. 画家
     2. 油漆匠
Components
油漆
     1. n. paint
     2. v. to paint
     1. name of an ancient river
     2. oil: fat, grease, lard, etc.
           麻油 - sesame oil
           豬油 - lard
           機油 - engine oil
           炒 菜 要 落 油。 - You need to add oil when you stir-fry vegetables.
     3. petroleum; fuel
           石油 - petroleum; oil
           漏油jau4-2 - to leak fuel
           加油 - to refuel
           油站 - petrol station; gas station
     4. to paint
           油 屋 - to paint the house
     5. (Cantonese) Short for 油漆, paint, tr=-
           啲 油jau4-2 未 乾 呀。 - The paint hasn't dried yet.
           油油jau4-2 - to apply paint
     6. (Cantonese) to colour (with crayons, coloured pencils, oil pastel, etc.)
           老師 將 弟dai6-4弟dai6-2 油 嗰 幅 畫 貼堂。 - The teacher posted the picture that my brother coloured on the board.
     7. (Cantonese) Short for 油門, accelerator; gas pedal; throttle
           踩油jau4-2 - to hit the gas; to accelerate
     8. (Cantonese) oily
     9. to be grease-stained
     10. sly; glib
     11. vigorous, abundant
     12. shiny
     13. sweet-tempered, acquiescent
     14. flippant and insincere
     15. dark
     16. (chiefly Taiwan originally ACG slang) resembling a weeb; obsessive towards ACG
     17. Used in 浩油
     1. (vern, lacquer tree); vern, varnish tree
     2. varnish; lacquer; paint
     3. to paint; to varnish
     4. (literary) black; dark
     5. (Name of several rivers.)
     6. Only used in 漆漆
     1. craftsman; artisan; workman
     2. master



Translations for and their definitions

畫家
     1. n. painter; artist who specialises in drawing


画家
     1. Simplified form of 畫家


油匠
     1. n. painter


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