形容
xíng róngㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: HÌNH DUNG
Traditional: 形容
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 3
Meaning(verb, verbal noun)
to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
Vietnamese 'hình dung' means 'imagine' (= 想象), but 形容 means 'describe'. 形容词 = adjective.
Examples
我不知道怎么形容那种感觉。
wǒ bù zhī dào zěn me xíng róng nà zhǒng gǎn jué.
I don't know how to describe that feeling.
那里的风景美得无法形容。
nà lǐ de fēng jǐng měi dé wú fǎ xíng róng.
The scenery there is indescribably beautiful.
请用三个词形容你自己。
qǐng yòng sān gè cí xíng róng nǐ zì jǐ.
Describe yourself in three words.
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Stroke order
HÌNH · 7 strokes
to appear; to look; form; shape
DUNG · 10 strokes
Related words
- 形象 xíng xiàng — image; form; figure; visualization; vivid
- 形成 xíng chéng — to form; to take shape
- 形式 xíng shì — outer appearance; form; shape; formality
- 形势 xíng shì — circumstances; situation; terrain
- 形状 xíng zhuàng — form; shape
- 情形 qíng xing — circumstances; situation
- 形态 xíng tài — shape; form; pattern; morphology