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版畫

简版画 · 繁版畫

Mandarin · pinyin bǎn huà

printmaking
a print

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版: bǎn · printing blocks; edition
畫: huà · delineate, painting, picture, drawing; draw
画: huà · a painting, picture, drawing; to draw

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3–4 · ban3 hua4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baan2 waa2

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noun

woodblock print (Classifier: 幅 m)
picture printed from an etched or engraved plate (made of stone or copper) (Classifier: 幅 m)
print (picture copied from a painting or photography) (Classifier: 幅 m)

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