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

• 长筒形(長筒形) a cylinder
• 分形 fractal
• 马蹄形(馬蹄形) a horseshoe shape
• 隐形(隱形) invisible
• 十二角形 dodecagon
• 形迹可疑(形跡可疑) suspicious marks
• 自惭形秽(自慚形穢) to feel ashamed of one's inferiority
• 几何图形(幾何圖形) geometric figure
• 地形图(地形圖) a topographic map
• 六角形 hexagon
• 形形色色 many appearances and colors; all kinds of; all sorts of
• 图形加速卡(圖形加速卡) graphics acceleration card
• 矫形牙套(矯形牙套) orthodontic brace
• 形成层(形成層) vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
• 方形 a square
• 复音形(複音形) diphthong; liaison
• 微整形 non-surgical cosmetic procedure (injection of Botox, hyaluronic acid etc)
• 分形几何学(分形幾何學) fractal geometry
• 全等图形(全等圖形) congruent figure
• 蛛形纲(蛛形綱) Arachnida
• 蝶形领结(蝶形領結) bow tie
• 矫形医生(矯形醫生) orthopedic doctor
• 条形燃料(條形燃料) fuel rods
• 形态发生素(形態發生素) morphogen
• 畸形儿(畸形兒) deformed child; child with birth defect
• 环形结构(環形結構) ring configuration
• 知地形 to know the terrain
• 形赠影(形贈影) substance speaks to shadow
• 走形式 to go through the formalities
• 卵圆形(卵圓形) oval; ellipsoidal
• 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
• 土木形骸 earth and wood framework; plain and undecorated body
• 图形印(圖形印) a pictorial seal
• 形影相随(形影相隨) body and shadow follow each other; inseparable
• 畸形发展(畸形發展) abnormal development
• 雏形土(雛形土) Cambosols
• 条形图(條形圖) bar chart
• 正多胞形 convex polytope
• 相形见绌(相形見絀) to pale by comparison
• 鹃形目(鵑形目) Cuculiformes, order of birds including cuckoo
• 三边形(三邊形) triangle
• 血栓形成 thrombosis
• 形译(形譯) derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese
• 雀形目 Passeriformes
• 变形虫(變形蟲) amoeba
• 体形(體形) stature; figure; bodily form
• 形质(形質) form; structure; design
• 形制 layout
• 形意拳 Xingyiquan (Chinese martial art)
• 无形中(無形中) imperceptibly; virtually

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• 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
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
• 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way Huainanzi 淮南子 — 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
• 安形 (安形) 安形性 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — 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
• 形四方 (形四方) 形四方之風 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 2
• 固有形 (固有形) 物固有形 — Guanzi 管子, 心術上第三十六 Chapter 36: Scheming I — count: 2
• 形固有 (形固有) 形固有名 — Guanzi 管子, 心術上第三十六 Chapter 36: Scheming I — count: 2