形 xíng

1. xíng noun appearance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 形 is synonomous with 容色 or 容貌. For example, 形形色色 'many appearances and colors' (CCI p. 33; Guoyu '形' n 2; Kroll 2015 '形' 1, p. 509; Unihan '形')
2. xíng noun adjective
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Grammar
   Notes: Short for 形容词 (Guoyu '形容詞')
3. xíng noun shape; form
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '形'; Guoyu '形' n 1; Kroll 2015 '形' 2, p. 509; Unihan '形'; XHZD '形' 1, p. 836)
4. xíng noun terrain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 地形 (Guoyu '形' n 4)
5. xíng noun circumstances; situation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 形 is synonomous with 情势 (Guoyu '形' n 3)
6. xíng verb to form; to become
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 构成 (Guoyu '形' v 2; Kroll 2015 '形' 3, p. 509)
7. xíng verb to appear; to manifest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 形 is synonomous with 显露 or 显示 (CC-CEDICT '形'; Guoyu '形' v 1; Kroll 2015 '形' 3a, p. 509; XHZD '形' 3, p. 836)
8. xíng verb to contrast; to compare
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 形 is synonomous with 比较 or 对照 (Guoyu '形' v 4; Kroll 2015 '形' 4, p. 509; XHZD '形' 4, p. 836)
9. xíng verb to describe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 形 is synonomous with 描绘, as in 形容 (Guoyu '形' v 3)
10. xíng noun an entity
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (XHZD '形' 2, p. 836)
11. xíng adjective formal
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '形' 1b, p. 509)
12. xíng noun punishment
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As a variant of 刑 (Kroll 2015 '形' 5, p. 509)

Contained in

• 分形 fractal
• 形式主义(形式主義) Formalism
• 图形加速卡(圖形加速卡) graphics acceleration card
• 形态(形態) shape; form; pattern
• 物种形成(物種形成) speciation
• 消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约(消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• 八角形 an octagon
• 形译(形譯) derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese
• 凸多胞形 convex polytope
• 形而上学(形而上學) metaphysics
• 概形 scheme (in algebraic geometry)
• 形影 a shadow
• 形同陌路 to be estranged
• 藏其形 hides its form
• 形迹败露(形跡敗露) evidence exposing a plot
• 畸形 deformity; abnormality ; something unusual or not in accordance with common sense
• 碎形 fractal
• 五角形 pentagon
• 圆形(圓形) a circle
• 重形式轻内容(重形式輕內容) heavy on form, light on substance; to stress form at the expense of content
• 梯次队形(梯次隊形) echelon formation
• 奇形怪状(奇形怪狀) fantastic oddities of every description; grotesquely shaped
• 锯齿形(鋸齒形) sawtooth shape; zigzag
• 不等边三角形(不等邊三角形) scalene triangle
• 复数形式(複數形式) plural form (of a countable noun)
• 流于形式(流於形式) to become a mere formality
• 雏形土(雛形土) Cambosols
• 波形 wave form
• 自惭形秽(自慚形穢) to feel ashamed of one's inferiority
• 十字形 a cruciform; a cross shape
• 镰形血球贫血症(鐮形血球貧血症) sickle-cell anaemia; sickle-cell disease
• 践形(踐形) to fulfill good intentions
• 固形物 solid particles in liquid
• 圆锥形(圓錐形) a cone
• 形状(形狀) form; shape
• 词形(詞形) form of words; morphology
• 卵圆形(卵圓形) oval; ellipsoidal
• 形形色色 many appearances and colors; all kinds of; all sorts of
• 菱格山形 a rhombus
• 完形测验(完形測驗) Gestalt test
• 帕斯卡六边形(帕斯卡六邊形) Pascal's hexagon
• 完形心理治疗(完形心理治療) Gestalt psychotherapy
• 畸形发展(畸形發展) abnormal development
• 形意拳 Xingyiquan (Chinese martial art)
• 弧形 an arch
• 现形(現形) to appear; to manifest
• 等腰三角形 isosceles triangle
• 蠕形动物(蠕形動物) soft-bodied organisms; vermes (obsolete taxonomic term)

Also contained in

形寿 、 可缩放矢量图形 、 山形县

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 35
• 卷四十八 列傳第四十二 儒林 Volume 48: Confucian Scholars Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 32
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 30
• 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 23
• 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — count: 22
• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 21
• 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
• 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 21
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
• 卷第一 天瑞篇 Chapter 1: Heaven's Gifts Liezi 列子 — count: 18

Collocations

• 形生理 (形生理) 形生理 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 10
• 未形 (未形) 其止邪也於未形 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《經解》 The Different Teachings of the Different Kings — count: 8
• 形性 (形性) 安形性 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 4
• 正形 (正形) 正形飾德 — Guanzi 管子, 心術下第三十七 Chapter 37: Scheming II — count: 3
• 形盐 (形鹽) 形鹽 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 好恶形 (好惡形) 然後好惡形焉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 2
• 形四方 (形四方) 形四方之風 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 2
• 形不正 (形不正) 形不正者德不來 — Guanzi 管子, 心術下第三十七 Chapter 37: Scheming II — count: 2
• 知形 (知形) 此乃知形者也 — Guanzi 管子, 地圖第二十七 Chapter 27: Maps — count: 2
• 形方 (形方) 形方氏 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 2