形 (jing4 | xing2) : form; shape; description

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形

jing4

xing2

[1] [n] form; shape; appearance; figure [2] [n] complexion [3] [n] terrain; contour [4] expression; description; [v] describe [5] in comparison [6] [v] show; manifest

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 彡 (#59)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

形

This word has been viewed 15353 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:58

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方形 fong1 jing4 = square

隱形 jan2 jing4 yin3 xing2 = invisible

正方形 zing3 fong1 jing4 zheng4 fang1 xing2 = a square

口頭形式 hau2 tau4 jing4 sik1 kou3 tou2 xing2 shi4 = verbal form; oral form

書面形式 syu1 min6*2 jing4 sik1 shu1 mian4 xing2 shi4 = written form

環形山 waan4 jing4 saan1 huan2 xing2 shan1 = crater (lit., "ring shaped mountain")

形象 jing4 zoeng6 xing2 xiang4 = image; form

情形 cing4 jing4 qing2 xing5 = situation

圓形 jyun4 jing4 yuan2 xing2 = circular; spherical

字形 zi6 jing4 = font; typeface
See all 139 compounds (CantoDict reports 151 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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啲麵包變咗形粵
The bread is squashed.
[Lit. the bread change-already shape. 變形 is a verb-noun pair, much like 食飯 or 洗手.]

我們在黑板上畫一個正方形吧. 國
Let's draw a square on the blackboard.

〝先進〞係咩詞性呀？／係一個形容詞粵
What part of speech does "先進" belong to? / It's an adjective.
[Lit. "advanced" is what part-of-speech [particle]? / is one [counter] adjective.]

他的作品獨樹一幟，常有不規則的形狀
His pieces usually do not follow any rules and form. They are very distinctive.

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Decimal representation of this word: 形
Unicode code for this character: U+5F62 (off-site link)

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