形 (xíng) means Shape (appear - compare - body). Below are 24 of the 37 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
考试的 形 式变了。
Kǎoshì de xíngshì biàn le.
The format of the exam has changed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形式
老师讲得很 形 象。
Lǎoshī jiǎng de hěn xíngxiàng.
The teacher explains things very vividly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形象
山上 形 成了一层雾。
Shān shàng xíngchéng le yì céng wù.
A layer of mist formed on the mountain.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形成
内容比 形 式更重要。
Nèiróng bǐ xíngshì gèng zhòngyào.
Content matters more than form.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形式
形 势正在慢慢好转。
Xíngshì zhèngzài mànmàn hǎozhuǎn.
The situation is slowly improving.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形势
云的 形 状一直在变。
Yún de xíngzhuàng yìzhí zài biàn.
The shape of the clouds keeps changing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形状
请 形 容一下他的样子。
Qǐng xíngróng yíxià tā de yàngzi.
Please describe what he looks like.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形容
目前的 形 势不太乐观。
Mùqián de xíngshì bú tài lèguān.
The present situation is not very promising.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形势
这张桌子是椭圆 形 的。
Zhè zhāng zhuōzi shì tuǒyuán xíng de.
This table is oval.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 椭圆
形 势比想象的更严峻。
Xíngshì bǐ xiǎngxiàng de gèng yánjùn.
The situation is more severe than imagined.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 严峻
这个习惯是慢慢 形 成的。
Zhège xíguàn shì mànmàn xíngchéng de.
This habit formed gradually.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形成
这块石头的 形 状很特别。
Zhè kuài shítou de xíngzhuàng hěn tèbié.
The shape of this stone is unusual.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形状
这个装置的 形 状很古怪。
Zhège zhuāngzhì de xíngzhuàng hěn gǔguài.
The shape of this device is very peculiar.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 古怪
宏观经济 形 势正在好转。
Hóngguān jīngjì xíngshì zhèngzài hǎozhuǎn.
The macroeconomic situation is improving.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宏观
现在的情 形 比预想的好。
Xiànzài de qíngxing bǐ yùxiǎng de hǎo.
The present situation is better than expected.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 情形
他隐约记得那天的情 形 。
Tā yǐnyuē jìde nà tiān de qíngxing.
He vaguely remembers what happened that day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐约
很难用语言 形 容那种感觉。
Hěn nán yòng yǔyán xíngróng nà zhǒng gǎnjué.
It is hard to describe that feeling in words.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形容
今年的就业 形 势不太乐观。
Jīnnián de jiùyè xíngshì bú tài lèguān.
The employment situation this year is not very encouraging.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 就业
当时的情 形 我记得很清楚。
Dāngshí de qíngxing wǒ jìde hěn qīngchu.
I remember the situation at the time very clearly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 情形
这个词有几种不同的 形 态。
Zhège cí yǒu jǐ zhǒng bùtóng de xíngtài.
This word has several different forms.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 形态
任何 形 式的毒品都是违法的。
Rènhé xíngshì de dúpǐn dōu shì wéifǎ de.
Drugs in any form are illegal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毒品
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形 appears in 37 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 形
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Questions about 形
How is 形 used in a sentence?
This page shows 37 sentences using 形 (xíng, "Shape (appear - compare - body)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 形 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 形 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 形?
The dictionary page for 形 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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