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形

xíng

HSK 5 Character

What 形 means

1. to appear
2. to look
3. form
4. shape

Example sentences

• 方形有四个角。
  Fāngxíng yǒu sì gè jiǎo.
  A square has four angles.
• 空气是无形的。
  Air is invisible.
• 求三角形的面积
  Please find the area of the triangle.
• 我戴隐形眼镜。
  I wear contact lenses.
• 汤姆形单影只。
  Tom was all alone.
• 他的形象全毁了。
  Tā de xíngxiàng quán huǐ le.
  His image is completely ruined.

Words starting with 形

• 形成xíng chéngto form; to take shape
• 形式xíng shìouter appearance; form; shape
• 形象xíng xiàngimage; form; figure
• 形容xíng róngto describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
• 形势xíng shìcircumstances; situation; terrain
• 形状xíng zhuàngform; shape
• 形态xíng tàishape; form; pattern
• 形容词xíng róng cíadjective
• 形体xíng tǐfigure; physique; form and structure
• 形形色色xíng xíng sè sèall kinds of; all sorts of; every (different) kind of
• 形影不离xíng yǐng bù líinseparable (as form and shadow)
• 形而上学xíng ér shàng xuémetaphysics
• 形似xíng sìsimilar in shape and appearance
• 形同xíng tóngtantamount to; to be like
• 形式主义xíng shì zhǔ yìformalism (in philosophy, art, or literary theory)…
• 形同虚设xíng tóng xū shèto exist in name only; empty shell; useless (idiom)
• 形上xíng shàngmetaphysics
• 形制xíng zhìform; shape; structure
• 形核xíng hénucleation
• 形色xíng sèshape and color; appearance; facial expression
• 形变xíng biàndeformation; bending
• 形质xíng zhìform; structure; design
• 形式化xíng shì huàformalization; formalized
• 形于色xíng yú sèto show one's feelings; to show it in one's face

Words containing 形

• 情形qíng xingcircumstances; situation; state of affairs
• 无形wú xíngincorporeal; virtual; formless
• 意识形态yì shí xíng tàiideology
• 变形biàn xíngto become deformed; to change shape; to morph
• 图形tú xíngpicture; figure; diagram
• 外形wài xíngfigure; shape; external form
• 圆形yuán xínground; circular
• 地形dì xíngtopography; terrain; landform
• 字形zì xíngform of a Chinese character; variant of 字型
• 畸形jī xíngdeformed; malformed; lopsided; unbalanced
• 三角形sān jiǎo xíngtriangle
• 长方形cháng fāng xíngrectangle
• 身形shēn xíngfigure (esp. a woman's)
• 有形yǒu xíngmaterial; tangible; visible; shapely
• 无形中wú xíng zhōngimperceptibly; virtually
• 体形tǐ xíngfigure; bodily form
• 方形fāng xíngsquare; square-shaped
• 人形rén xínghuman form; human-shaped; humanoid
• 整形zhěng xíngshaping; reshaping; plastic surgery or orthopedics (abbr. of 整形外科
• 隐形yǐn xínginvisible
• 雏形chú xíngembryonic form; miniature model
• 正方形zhèng fāng xíngsquare
• 成形chéng xíngto take shape; shaping; forming
• 原形yuán xíngoriginal shape; true appearance (under the disguise); true character

Characters built on 开

These share the phonetic component 开 (kāi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 并bìngand; furthermore; also
• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence
• 邢Xíngsurname Xing; place name

Characters that look like 形

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 限xiànto limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against
• 朋péngfriend
• 炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up
• 彤tóngred
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon

Sounds the same

Read xíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 行(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 型mold; type; style
• 刑punishment; penalty; sentence
• 荥used in 荥阳
• 饧maltose syrup; molasses; heavy (eyelids)
• 陉border the stove; defile; pass
• 硎whetstone
• 侀shape; statute
• 钘long-necked wine flask
• 铏soup cauldron; (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid; old variant of 硎
• 邢surname Xing; place name
• 蛵see 虰蛵