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状

zhuàng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 狀

What 状 means

1. bound formform; appearance; shape
2. bound formstate; condition
3. bound formto describe
4. bound formwritten complaint; lawsuit
5. bound formcertificate

Example sentences

• 雪是粉状的。
  The snow was powdery.
• 你有什么症状？
  What symptoms do you have?
• 将肉切成条状。
  Cut the meat into strips.
• 他状态真的很好。
  He's really in good shape.
• 状态已经崩溃了。
  My mood is shot.
• 那片云是鱼的形状。
  Nà piàn yún shì yú de xíngzhuàng.
  That cloud is in the shape of a fish.

Words starting with 状

• 状态zhuàng tàicondition; state; state of affairs
• 状况zhuàng kuàngcondition; state; situation
• 状元zhuàng yuántop scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)…
• 状语zhuàng yǔadverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause)
• 状告zhuàng gàoto sue; to take to court; to file a lawsuit
• 状物zhuàng wù...-shaped thing; to portray sth
• 状师zhuàng shī(old) legal practitioner; litigation agent
• 状声词zhuàng shēng cíonomatopoeia
• 状态动词zhuàng tài dòng cí(linguistics) stative verb
• 状态栏zhuàng tài lán(computing) status bar

Words containing 状

• 形状xíng zhuàngform; shape
• 现状xiàn zhuàngcurrent situation
• 症状zhèng zhuàngsymptom (of an illness)
• 见状jiàn zhuàngupon seeing this, ...; in response, ...
• 告状gào zhuàngto tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit
• 奖状jiǎng zhuàngprize certificate; certificate of merit
• 罪状zuì zhuàngcharges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense
• 奇形怪状qí xíng guài zhuàngfantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
• 原状yuán zhuàngprevious condition; original state
• 惨状cǎn zhuàngdevastation; miserable condition
• 诉状sù zhuàngindictment; plea; complaint
• 情状qíng zhuàngsituation; circumstances
• 紧急状态jǐn jí zhuàng tàistate of emergency
• 供状gòng zhuàngwritten confession
• 名状míng zhuàngto express; to describe
• 性状xìng zhuàngnature (i.e. properties of sth); character
• 无状wú zhuànginsolence; insolent; ill-mannered
• 球状qiú zhuàngsphere
• 环状huán zhuàngannular; toroidal; loop-shaped
• 申状shēn zhuàngto present (a document); to submit (a petition)
• 病状bìng zhuàngsymptom (of a disease)
• 线状xiàn zhuànglinear
• 行状xíng zhuàng(literary) brief obituary; one's past experience; one's past record
• 波状bō zhuàngwave-shaped

Characters built on 丬

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

• 壮zhuàngto strengthen; strong; robust
• 妆zhuāng(of a woman) to adorn oneself; makeup; adornment

Characters that look like 状

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

• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect
• 欣xīnhappy
• 轨guǐ(bound form) rail; track; course; path
• 扶fúto support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 驮duòload carried by a pack animal

Sounds the same

Read zhuàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 撞to knock against; to bump into; to run into
• 壮to strengthen; strong; robust
• 幢classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. chuáng); (archaic) curtain hung over boat or…
• 戆simple; honest
• 僮old variant of 壮, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi
• 獞old variant of 壮, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi