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xíng

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xíng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xíng | xing2
English translation
to appear
to look
form
shape
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look

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About xíng

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

xíng

Contains the radical

shān

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Sunlight  shān streaming through a window  kāi

Etymology of xíng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

开彡

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shān represents the meaning and Jǐng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xíng

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饭菜 fàn cài 而外, Huán chī líng shí , 肚子 dùzi Yuè 显形 xiǎn xíng , jiù 觉得 juéde 越须 duō chī hǎo 东西 dōngxī ;不能 bù néng 亏着 zuǐ .

Aside from meals, Tigress had to eat between them.

现在 xiànzài de 地形 dì xíng 起伏 qǐfú 超过 chāoguò 1000 chě shì xiāo shí 作用 zuòyòng 造成 zàochéng de .

The present relief of more than 1000 ft was due to excavation.

最初 zuìchū 粗糙 cūcāo de zài 墓碑 mù bēi shǎng de 骷髅 kū lóu 交叉 jiāochā de 大腿骨图形 tú xíng ,已为 dài 翅膀 chìbǎng de 天使 tiān shǐ suǒ 代替 dàitì .

The skull - and - crossbones crudely carved on the first tombstones was replaced by a winged cherub.

蚀刻 shí kè 出来 chū lái de 金属 jīnshǔ zhà shì hěn 脆弱 cuìruò de ,容易 róngyì 变形 biàn xíng zhòu shé huò 撕裂 sī liè .

The etched metal - film grids are very fragile and easy to distort, wrinkle or tear.

附近 fùjìn 微云 xíng chuàn 鼓鼓囊囊 gǔ gu nāng nāng de xiǎo 香肠 xiāngcháng .

There was a string of tiny clouds shaped like miniature plump sausages.

Words with xíng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
形成 xíngchéng to form形成 xíngchéng
形象 xíngxiàng image形象 xíngxiàng
形式 xíngshì form形式 xíngshì
xíng form xíng
形势 xíngshì circumstances形勢
形容 xíngróng to describe形容 xíngróng
情形 qíngxing circumstances情形 qíngxing
形状 xíngzhuàng form形狀
变形 biàn xíng deformation變形
隐形 yǐn xíng invisible隱形
形态 xíngtài shape形態
整形 zhěng xíng shaping整形 zhěng xíng
外形 wài xíng figure外形 wài xíng
畸形 jī xíng deformity畸形 jī xíng
无形 wú xíng incorporeal無形
圆形 yuán xíng round圓形
地形 dì xíng topography地形 dì xíng
身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's)身形 shēn xíng
图形 tú xíng picture圖形
体形 tǐ xíng figure體形
三角形 sān jiǎo xíng triangle三角形 sān jiǎo xíng
隐形眼镜 yǐn xíng yǎn jìng contact lens隱形眼鏡
队形 duì xíng formation隊形
原形 yuán xíng original shape原形 yuán xíng
形容词 xíng róng cí adjective形容詞

xíng Decomposition & Compounds

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xíng Decomposition

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