The Chinese word 绘画 (huìhuà), meaning "painting" or "drawing", is a compound word formed by combining two distinct but related characters: 绘 (huì), which specifically means "to draw" or "to paint", and 画 (huà), which broadly means "picture", "painting", or "to draw". Together, they create a more comprehensive and nuanced term where 绘 emphasizes the action and technique of applying color or lines, and 画 emphasizes the resulting artwork or the broader concept of pictorial representation. This combination follows a common pattern in Chinese vocabulary where two synonymous or semantically linked characters are paired to form a single, precise noun that encapsulates the entire process and product of the art form.