Chinese art packet terms

书法

calligraphy (shūfǎ)

国画

Traditional painting (guóhuà)

工具

Tools (Gōngjù)

文房四宝

Four treasures of study: brush, ink, paper, in stone (wén fáng sì bǎo)

包括

To include (bāo kuò)

笔墨纸砚

Components of four treasures of study (bǐ mǒ zhǐ yàn)

毛笔

Brush used for Chinese writing or painting (máo bǐ)

字体

Fonts (zì tǐ)

篆书

Seal script, ancient style of calligraphy (zhuàn shū)

隶书

Clerical/official script, evolved from seal script (lì shū)

草书

Cursive script, swift and following strokes (cǎo shū)

楷书

Regular script, preciseness and regularity (kǎi shū)

行书

Running script, combines the elements of regular and cursive script (xíng shū)

花鸟

Painting of flowers and birds (huāniǎo)

山水

Painting of mountains and waters/landscapes (shānshuǐ)

人物等

Figure paintings (rénwùděng)