| 1 | 描写 | 描寫 | miáo xiě | miao2 xie3 | to describe; to depict; to portray; description | | |
| 2 | 描述 | 描述 | miáo shù | miao2 shu4 | to describe; description | | |
| 3 | 描绘 | 描繪 | miáo huì | miao2 hui4 | to describe; to portray | | |
| 4 | 描 | 描 | miáo | miao2 | to depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up | | |
| 5 | 素描 | 素描 | sù miáo | su4 miao2 | sketch | | |
| 6 | 扫描 | 掃描 | sǎo miáo | sao3 miao2 | to scan | | |
| 7 | 逐行扫描 | 逐行掃描 | zhú háng sǎo miáo | zhu2 hang2 sao3 miao2 | line by line scanning; progressive scanning | | |
| 8 | 白描 | 白描 | bái miáo | bai2 miao2 | line drawing in traditional ink and brush style; simple and straightforward style of writing | | |
| 9 | 越描越黑 | 越描越黑 | yuè miáo yuè hēi | yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1 | lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get; fig. to only make matters worse | | |
| 10 | 愈描愈黑 | 愈描愈黑 | yù miáo yù hēi | yu4 miao2 yu4 hei1 | see 越描越黑 | | |
| 11 | 素妆淡描 | 素妝淡描 | sù zhuāng dàn miáo | su4 zhuang1 dan4 miao2 | to have a simple makeup (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 数码扫描 | 數碼掃描 | shù mǎ sǎo miáo | shu4 ma3 sao3 miao2 | a digital scan | | |
| 13 | 扫描仪 | 掃描儀 | sǎo miáo yí | sao3 miao2 yi2 | scanner (device) | | |
| 14 | 扫描器 | 掃描器 | sǎo miáo qì | sao3 miao2 qi4 | scanner | | |
| 15 | 人物描写 | 人物描寫 | rén wù miáo xiě | ren2 wu4 miao2 xie3 | portrayal | | |
| 16 | 轻描淡写 | 輕描淡寫 | qīng miáo dàn xiě | qing1 miao2 dan4 xie3 | to sketch in light shades; to play down; to deemphasize (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 难描难画 | 難描難畫 | nán miáo nán huà | nan2 miao2 nan2 hua4 | to defy description; to be indescribable (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 描图 | 描圖 | miáo tú | miao2 tu2 | to trace | | |
| 19 | 描摹 | 描摹 | miáo mó | miao2 mo2 | to trace over; to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc); (fig.) to describe; to portray | | |
| 20 | 描金 | 描金 | miáo jīn | miao2 jin1 | to outline in gold | | |
| 21 | 描画 | 描畫 | miáo huà | miao2 hua4 | to draw; to describe | | |
| 22 | 描红 | 描紅 | miáo hóng | miao2 hong2 | to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) | | |
| 23 | 回描 | 回描 | huí miáo | hui2 miao2 | flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube); retrace | | |
| 24 | 隔行扫描 | 隔行掃描 | gé háng sǎo miáo | ge2 hang2 sao3 miao2 | interlaced scanning | | |
| 25 | 电脑断层扫描 | 電腦斷層掃描 | diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo | dian4 nao3 duan4 ceng2 sao3 miao2 | CAT scan; CT scan | | |