HSK 6 · Ideas

情形 qíngxing “situation” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 情形 means

  1. situation
  2. circumstances
  3. state of affairs

How to say 情形

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale情qíng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own形xingneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

情形 in a sentence

  1. 我已经不记得第一次碰到汤姆的情形了。

    Wǒ yǐjīng bú jìde dìyī cì pèngdào Tāngmǔ de qíngxing le.

    I no longer remember the first time I met Tom.

    Sentence #10303626 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 情形 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 情 (qíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
情qíngfeelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qíng.

The character 形 (xíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
形xíngto appearlight in 情形
  • 开to open · kāi
  • 彡bristle · shān

How to write 情形

情 11 strokes · 形 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

情形 (qíngxing) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 情形 (qíngxing). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 情形

Words with 情

事情shìqing · matter热情rèqíng · cordial爱情àiqíng · romance感情gǎnqíng · emotion同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with心情xīnqíng · mood情况qíngkuàng · circumstances表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression情绪qíngxù · mood情景qíngjǐng · scene

Words with 形

形容xíngróng · to describe形成xíngchéng · to form形式xíngshì · form形势xíngshì · circumstances形象xíngxiàng · image形状xíngzhuàng · form形态xíngtài · form

More words: Ideas & Concepts

窍门qiàomén · knack起伏qǐfú · to rise and fall情理qínglǐ · reason倾向qīngxiàng · tendency气势qìshì · momentum启示qǐshì · inspiration齐心协力qíxīnxiélì · to work together起源qǐyuán · origin

FAQs

情形 (qíngxing) means “situation” or “circumstances”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qíngxing: qíng with a 2nd tone, then xing with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 情形 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 情形 from the suggestions. Typing qingxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
情形 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.