The Chinese word for painter is
油漆匠

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painter

Chinese Definition

painter
1. 画家
2. 油漆匠
Components
油漆
1. n. paint
2. v. to paint
油
1. name of an ancient river
2. oil: fat, grease, lard, etc.
麻油 - sesame oil
豬油 - lard
機油 - engine oil
炒菜要落油。 - You need to add oil when you stir-fry vegetables.
3. petroleum; fuel
石油 - petroleum; oil
漏油jau4-2 - to leak fuel
加油 - to refuel
油站 - petrol station; gas station
4. to paint
油屋 - to paint the house
5. (Cantonese) Short for 油漆, paint, tr=-
啲油jau4-2 未乾呀。 - The paint hasn't dried yet.
油油jau4-2 - to apply paint
6. (Cantonese) to colour (with crayons, coloured pencils, oil pastel, etc.)
老師將弟dai6-4弟dai6-2 油嗰幅畫貼堂。 - The teacher posted the picture that my brother coloured on the board.
7. (Cantonese) Short for 油門, accelerator; gas pedal; throttle
踩油jau4-2 - to hit the gas; to accelerate
8. (Cantonese) oily
9. to be grease-stained
10. sly; glib
11. vigorous, abundant
12. shiny
13. sweet-tempered, acquiescent
14. flippant and insincere
15. dark
16. (chiefly Taiwan originally ACG slang) resembling a weeb; obsessive towards ACG
17. (zh-used in, 浩油)
漆
1. (vern, lacquer tree); vern, varnish tree
2. varnish; lacquer; paint
3. to paint; to varnish
4. (literary) black; dark
5. (Name of several rivers.)
6. Only used in 漆漆
匠
1. craftsman; artisan; workman
2. master