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HSK
image / form / figure / CL: 個|个 / visualization / vivid
HSK 3
to form; to take shape
HSK 3
form; shape / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
circumstances / situation / terrain / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
outer appearance / form / shape / formality / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
topography / terrain / landform
HSK 5
circumstances / situation / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *形* | 形* | *形
to appear / to look / form / shape
HSK 6
shape / form / pattern / morphology
HSK 5
to describe / (literary) countenance; appearance
HSK 4
triangle
inseparable (as form and shadow)
HSK 7-9
round / circular
HSK 7-9
pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
all kinds of / all sorts of / every (different) kind of
HSK 7-9
wave form
(idiom) lonely soul; solitary
out of shape / to lose shape / to deform
all-terrain vehicle (ATV)
out of shape / to lose shape / to deform
hexagon
Formalism (art)
V-shape; chevron; herringbone
imperceptibly / virtually
HSK 7-9
face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
HSK 6
octagon
so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
U-turn
incorporeal / virtual / formless / invisible (assets) / intangible
HSK 7-9
sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
invisible
HSK 7-9
scalene triangle
graphical user interface (GUI)
original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
pentagon
rectangle
paper clip
deformed; malformed / lopsided; unbalanced
HSK 7-9
heptagon
shape resembling the character or 8 / V-shape / splayed / figure of eight
polygon / same as 多邊形|多边形
conical
picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical
HSK 7-9
polygon
Graphical User Interface (GUI) (computing)
heptagon
(computing) graphics processing unit (GPU)
non-surgical cosmetic procedure (injection of Botox, hyaluronic acid etc)
to show one's true nature (derog.) / to betray oneself
form / image
infographic
formation
HSK 7-9
semicircular
form / shape / structure / design
tantamount to / to be like
pentagon
oval
parallelogram
adjective
(brand or organization) ambassador / face (of a brand or company)
arch
figure / shape / external form / contour
HSK 7-9
Xingyiquan (Chinese martial art)
to be estranged
shaping / reshaping / plastic surgery or orthopedics (abbr. of 整形外科)
square / square-shaped
equilateral triangle
decagon
fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
Gestalt psychotherapy
to show one's feelings / to show it in one's face
appearance
(of a location) strategic; advantageous
(idiom) burly chap; husky fellow
geometric figure
indeterminate form
nonagon
triangle
square
Pascal's Triangle (math.)
in grave difficulties / the situation is grim
pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
hexagon
Z-shaped; zigzag
trapezoid / ladder-shaped / terraced
isosceles triangle
similar in shape and appearance
fractal
oval / ellipsoidal
Yamagata prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
convex polygon
metaphysics
formalization / formalized
to exist in name only / empty shell / useless (idiom)
irregular quadrilateral / trapezium
fractal geometry
ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
ideology
circular sector

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