Usage of the character 描

to depict
to trace (a drawing)
to copy
to touch up

miáoxiě

描写

[描寫]

to describe
to depict
to portray
description

miáojīn

描金

[描金]

to outline in gold

miáotú

描图

[描圖]

to trace

miáomó

描摹

[描摹]

to trace over
to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc)
(fig.) to describe
to portray

miáohuà

描画

[描畫]

to draw
to describe

miáohuì

描绘

[描繪]

to describe; to depict; to portray

báimiáo

白描

[白描]

line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style
simple and straightforward style of writing

miáoshù

描述

[描述]

to describe
description

sùmiáo

素描

[素描]

sketch

miáohóng

描红

[描紅]

to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)
paper printed with red characters to trace over

huímiáo

回描

[回描]

flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube)
retrace

sǎomiáo

扫描

[掃描]

to scan

sǎomiáoqì

扫描器

[掃描器]

scanner

sǎomiáoyí

扫描仪

[掃描儀]

scanner (device)

géhángsǎomiáo

隔行扫描

[隔行掃描]

interlaced scanning

shùmǎsǎomiáo

数码扫描

[數碼掃描]

a digital scan

rénwùmiáoxiě

人物描写

[人物描寫]

portrayal

chāoshēngsǎomiáo

超声扫描

[超聲掃描]

ultrasonic scan

yùmiáoyùhēi

愈描愈黑

[愈描愈黑]

see 越描越黑 (yuèmiáoyuèhēi)

qīngmiáodànxiě

轻描淡写

[輕描淡寫]

(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal
to downplay
to understate

zhúhángsǎomiáo

逐行扫描

[逐行掃描]

line by line scanning
progressive scanning

yuèmiáoyuèhēi

越描越黑

[越描越黑]

lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get
fig. to only make matters worse

diànnǎoduàncéngsǎomiáo

电脑断层扫描

[電腦斷層掃描]

CAT scan
CT scan