HSK 6 · Media

造型 zàoxíng “shape” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 造型 means

  1. shape
  2. style
  3. image (design)
  4. to model
  5. appearance
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • design
  • form
  • pose

How to say 造型

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale造zào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale型xíng2nd tone, rising

造型 in a sentence

  1. 这座桥的造型很特别。

    Zhè zuò qiáo de zàoxíng hěn tèbié.

    This bridge has a very distinctive shape.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她今天换了一个新造型。

    Tā jīntiān huàn le yí ge xīn zàoxíng.

    She’s got a new look today.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 造型 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 造 (zào) with each of its parts in a different colour
造zàoto make
  • 告to tell · gàoSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 告 (gào) hints at the sound. Compare it with zào.

The character 型 (xíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
型xíngmould
  • 刑punishment · xíngSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 刑 (xíng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xíng.

How to write 造型

造 10 strokes · 型 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 造型

Words with 造

创造chuàngzào · to create造成zàochéng · to bring about制造zhìzào · to manufacture塑造sùzào · to shape铸造zhùzào · to cast (metal)伪造wěizào · to forge

Words with 型

大型dàxíng · large类型lèixíng · type典型diǎnxíng · typical模型móxíng · model

More words: Media & Arts

报社bàoshè · newspaper office乐谱yuèpǔ · sheet music舆论yúlùn · public opinion寓言yùyán · fable杂技zájì · acrobatics直播zhíbō · live broadcast传记zhuànjì · biography著作zhùzuò · written work

FAQs

造型 (zàoxíng) means “shape” or “style”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zàoxíng: zào with a 4th tone, then xíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 造型 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaoxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 造型 from the suggestions. Typing zaoxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
造型 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.