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形态 xíngtài “form” in Chinese

Traditional 形態

What 形态 means

  1. form
  2. shape
  3. pattern
  4. morphology

How to say 形态

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale形xíng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale态tài4th tone, falling

形态 in a sentence

  1. 水和冰虽然形态不同，但其实是同一种物质。

    Shuǐ hé bīng suīrán xíngtài bùtóng, dàn qíshí shì tóng yì zhǒng wùzhì.

    Water and ice are the same substance in different forms.

    Sentence #522181 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 生气是一种疯狂的形态。

    Shēngqì shì yìzhǒng fēngkuáng de xíngtài.

    Anger is a form of madness.

    Sentence #414616 from Tatoeba

How 形态 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 形 (xíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
形xíngto appear
  • 开to open · kāi
  • 彡bristle · shān
The character 态 (tài) with each of its parts in a different colour
态tàiappearance
  • 太very · tàiSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 太 (tài) hints at the sound. Compare it with tài.

How to write 形态

形 7 strokes · 态 8 strokes

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

Words related to 形态

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情形qíngxing · situation

Words with 态

态度tàidu · attitude状态zhuàngtài · condition神态shéntài · expression表态biǎotài · to state one’s position心态xīntài · mindset生态shēngtài · ecology动态dòngtài · trend事态shìtài · situation姿态zītài · posture

More words: Ideas & Concepts

陷阱xiànjǐng · trap线索xiànsuǒ · clue现状xiànzhuàng · current situation系列xìliè · series信念xìnniàn · belief心血xīnxuè · painstaking effort信仰xìnyǎng · belief修养xiūyǎng · self-cultivation

FAQs

形态 (xíngtài) means “form” or “shape”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xíngtài: xíng with a 2nd tone, then tài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 形态 is written 形態. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingtai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 形态 from the suggestions. Typing xingtai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
形态 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.