HSK 5 · Ideas

形状 xíngzhuàng “form” in Chinese

Traditional 形狀

What 形状 means

  1. form
  2. shape

How to say 形状

  • 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状zhuàng4th tone, falling

形状 in a sentence

  1. 那片云是鱼的形状。

    Nà piàn yún shì yú de xíngzhuàng.

    That cloud is in the shape of a fish.

    Sentence #472272 from Tatoeba

  2. 这种水果形状像橙子，味道像菠萝。

    Zhè zhǒng shuǐguǒ xíngzhuàng xiàng chéngzi, wèidao xiàng bōluó.

    This fruit is shaped like an orange and tastes like a pineapple.

    Sentence #334505 from Tatoeba

  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 形状 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 状 (zhuàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
状zhuàngform; appearance; shape
  • 丬half of tree trunk · qiángSound part
  • 犬dog · quǎnMeaning part

犬 hints at the meaning (dog); 丬 (qiáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuàng.

How to write 形状

形 7 strokes · 状 7 strokes

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

Words related to 形状

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情形qíngxing · situation形态xíngtài · form

Words with 状

状况zhuàngkuàng · condition状态zhuàngtài · condition症状zhèngzhuàng · symptom现状xiànzhuàng · current situation

More words: Ideas & Concepts

行为xíngwéi · action形式xíngshì · form形势xíngshì · circumstances形象xíngxiàng · image性质xìngzhì · nature样式yàngshì · type意义yìyì · sense因素yīnsù · element

FAQs

形状 (xíngzhuàng) means “form” or “shape”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xíngzhuàng: xíng with a 2nd tone, then zhuàng 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, 形状 is written 形狀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingzhuang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 形状 from the suggestions. Typing xingzhuang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
形状 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.