形容
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
形容 (xíngróng) · to describe
形容 (xíngróng) means “to describe”. It is written with 2 characters: 形 (form) + 容 (appearance). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 形容 is built
The characters
形 xíng · form
What 形 is made of
- 开kāi — to open
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 廾gǒng — two hands
- 彡shān — hair
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: Sunlight 彡 streaming through a window 开 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
容 róng · appearance
What 容 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 谷gǔ — valley
- 八bā — eight
- 人rén — person
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: roof (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我不知道怎么形容这种感觉。Wǒ bù zhīdào zěnme xíngróng zhè zhǒng gǎnjué.I don't know how to describe this feeling.
你能形容一下他的样子吗？Nǐ néng xíngróng yīxià tā de yàngzi ma?Can you describe what he looks like?
Questions about 形容
What does 形容 mean?
形容 (xíngróng) means “to describe”.
How do you pronounce 形容?
形容 is pronounced xíngróng.
Which HSK level is 形容?
形容 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 形成xíngchéngto form
- 形式xíngshìform
- 形象xíngxiàngimage
- 形状xíngzhuàngshape
- 形势xíngshìsituation
- 情形qíngxingsituation
- 形态xíngtàiform
- 内容nèiróngcontent
- 容易róngyìeasy
- 从容cóngróngcalm
Learn 形容 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 19: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.