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形势

xíng shì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 形勢 Measure word 个

形势 (xíng shì) means "situation; circumstances (esp. general trends)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 形势 means

1. circumstances
2. situation
3. terrain

The characters in 形势

• 形xíngto appear; to look; form
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

Example sentences

• 形势似乎非常紧张严峻。
  The situation seemed very tense and dangerous.
• 文章开头讲了当前的形势。
  The article begins with an account of the current situation.
• 最近这个区域的国际形势很紧张。
  Recently, this area's international relations have become very tense.
• 两相比较，他那边的形势更不利一些。
  Liǎngxiāng bǐjiào, tā nàbian de xíngshì gèng bù lì yīxiē.
  The comparison between the two was to his disadvantage.
• 水边地工程会帮助爱丁堡城市紧随形势并使更多人来苏格兰的首都。
  Shuǐbiān de gōngchéng huì bāngzhù àidīngbǎo chéngshì jǐn suí xíngshì bìng shǐ gèng duō rén lái Sūgélán de shǒudū.
  The Waterfront project will help to keep Edinburgh up-to-date and bring more people to Scotland's capital city.

Words starting with 形势

• 形势严峻xíng shì yán jùnin grave difficulties; the situation is grim

Sounds the same

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

• 形式outer appearance; form; shape
• 刑事criminal; penal
• 行事to execute; to handle; behavior
• 型式type; pattern; version

Where 形势 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Depth, Identity & Form (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xíng shì correctly.
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