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形式

xíng shì

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

形式 (xíng shì) means "form; format (vs. content)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 形式 means

1. outer appearance
2. form
3. shape
4. formality

The characters in 形式

• 形xíngto appear; to look; form
• 式shìtype; form; pattern

Example sentences

• 我反对任何形式的战争。
  I'm opposed to any type of war.
• 她用数字的形式写了日期。
  Tā yòng shùzì de xíngshì xiě le rìqī.
  She wrote the date in numeric form.
• “虱子”的复数形式是“虱子们”
  "shīzi " de fùshùxíngshì shì "shīzi men "
  The plural form of "louse" is "lice".
• 形式是暂时的，等级才是永恒的。
  Form is temporary, class is permanent.
• 有些人认为语言是一种知识的形式。
  Yǒuxiērén rènwéi yǔyán shì yīzhǒng zhīshi de xíngshì.
  Some consider language as a form of knowledge.
• 在这儿使用的语法形式是现在进行时。
  Zài zhèr shǐyòng de yǔfǎ xíngshì shì xiànzài jìnxíng shí.
  The grammatical form employed here is the present progressive.

Words starting with 形式

• 形式主义xíng shì zhǔ yìformalism (in philosophy, art, or literary theory)…
• 形式化xíng shì huàformalization; formalized
• 形式发票xíng shì fā piàopro forma invoice

Words containing 形式

• 流于形式liú yú xíng shìto become a mere formality
• 现代形式xiàn dài xíng shìthe modern form
• 复数形式fù shù xíng shìplural form (of a countable noun)
• 走形式zǒu xíng shìto go through the formalities
• 重形式轻内容zhòng xíng shì qīng nèi róngheavy on form, light on substance; to stress form at the expense of content
• 第一基本形式dì yī jī běn xíng shì(math) first fundamental form
• 消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约Xiāo chú duì Fù nǚ Yī qiè Xíng shì Qí shì Gōng yuēConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Sounds the same

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

• 形势circumstances; situation; terrain
• 刑事criminal; penal
• 行事to execute; to handle; behavior
• 型式type; pattern; version

Where 形式 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.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.