HSK 5 · Verbs

形成 xíngchéng “to form” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 形成 means

  1. to form
  2. to take shape

How to say 形成

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd tone, rising

形成 in a sentence

  1. 宇宙是怎样形成的？

    Yǔzhòu shì zěnyàng xíngchéng de?

    How was the universe formed?

    Sentence #358138 from Tatoeba

  2. 学习地球的形成过程是很有趣的一件事。

    Xuéxí dìqiú de xíngchéng guòchéng shì hěn yǒuqù de yí jiàn shì.

    Learning how the Earth was formed is really interesting.

    Sentence #7774813 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 岩石经过风化后，形成了各种奇特的形状。

    Yánshí jīngguò fēnghuà hòu, xíngchéng le gè zhǒng qítè de xíngzhuàng.

    After weathering, the rocks took on all sorts of strange shapes.

    Sentence #380255 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 形成 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 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character

How to write 形成

形 7 strokes · 成 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 形成

Words with 形

形容xíngróng · to describe形式xíngshì · form形势xíngshì · circumstances形象xíngxiàng · image形状xíngzhuàng · form情形qíngxing · situation形态xíngtài · form

Words with 成

完成wánchéng · to complete成绩chéngjì · achievement变成biànchéng · to turn into成功chénggōng · success成为chéngwéi · to become养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate成人chéngrén · adult赞成zànchéng · to approve成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up

More words: Common Verbs

享受xiǎngshòu · to enjoy消失xiāoshī · to disappear歇xiē · to rest行动xíngdòng · to act休闲xiūxián · leisure修改xiūgǎi · to amend寻找xúnzhǎo · to seek延长yáncháng · to prolong

FAQs

形成 (xíngchéng) means “to form” or “to take shape”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xíngchéng: xíng with a 2nd tone, then chéng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 形成 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingcheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 形成 from the suggestions. Typing xingcheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
形成 is an HSK 5 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.