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形容

xíng róng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

形容 (xíng róng) means "to describe (words/comparison)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 形容 means

1. to describe
2. literarycountenance; appearance

The characters in 形容

• 形xíngto appear; to look; form
• 容róngto hold; to contain; to allow

Example sentences

• 她把他形容为侦探。
  Tā bǎ tā xíngróng wéi zhēntàn.
  She described him as a detective.
• 这风景美得无法形容。
  Zhè fēngjǐng měi déwú fǎ xíngróng.
  The scenery was beautiful beyond description.
• 这个字形容得妙极了。
  That word describes it perfectly.
• 我不知道该怎么形容。
  I can't really describe it.
• 这些形容词都是积极的。
  Zhèxiē xíngróngcí dōu shì jījí de.
  These adjectives are all positive.
• 不够后面要再加个形容词
  Bù gòu hòumiàn yào zài jiā gè xíngróngcí
  You have to put an adjective after "不够."

Words starting with 形容

• 形容词xíng róng cíadjective
• 形容词短语xíng róng cí duǎn yǔadjectival phrase
• 形容辞xíng róng cíadjective

Where 形容 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Appearance & Physical Description (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 róng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.