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外形

wài xíng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

外形 (wài xíng) means "figure; shape; external form". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 外形 means

1. figure
2. shape
3. external form
4. contour

The characters in 外形

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 形xíngto appear; to look; form

Example sentences

• 地球的外形和橙子相似。
  Dìqiú de wàixíng hé chéngzi xiāngsì.
  The earth is similar to an orange in shape.
• 这座山有一个美丽的外形。
  Zhè zuò shān yǒu yī gè měilì de wàixíng.
  The mountain has a beautiful shape.

Sounds the same

Read wài xíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 外型external form

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