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HSK
image / form / figure / CL: 個|个 / visualization / vivid
HSK 3
to form; to take shape
HSK 3
to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
HSK 6
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
form; shape / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
round / circular
HSK 7-9
to describe / (literary) countenance; appearance
HSK 4
triangle
shape / form / pattern / morphology
HSK 5
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
graphics card
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
Transformers (franchise)
wave form
topographic map
adjective
figure / physique / form and structure
out of shape / to lose shape / to deform
U-turn
original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
hexagon
V-shape; chevron; herringbone
not the usual type / atypical / heterotype
geometric figure
so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
conical
pentagon
figure / bodily form
imperceptibly / virtually
HSK 7-9
deformed; malformed / lopsided; unbalanced
HSK 7-9
invisible
HSK 7-9
shape resembling the character or 8 / V-shape / splayed / figure of eight
infographic
polygon / same as 多邊形|多边形
umbrella-shaped
animated graphics / animation
ideology
heptagon
non-surgical cosmetic procedure (injection of Botox, hyaluronic acid etc)
(computing) graphics processing unit (GPU)
parallelogram
form / image
inseparable (as form and shadow)
HSK 7-9
ring-shaped / (math.) annulus
lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other; inseparable; to follow relentlessly
form / shape / structure / design
tantamount to / to be like
to exist in name only / empty shell / useless (idiom)
Formalism (art)
incorporeal / virtual / formless / invisible (assets) / intangible
HSK 7-9
formation
HSK 7-9
(brand or organization) ambassador / face (of a brand or company)
arch
variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划 and 筆畫|笔画 / exact synonym and homonym written with different characters
plural form (of a countable noun)
picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical
HSK 7-9
figure / shape / external form / contour
HSK 7-9
graphical user interface (GUI)
Xingyiquan (Chinese martial art)
to be estranged
shaping / reshaping / plastic surgery or orthopedics (abbr. of 整形外科)
square / square-shaped
decagon
appearance
paper clip
barcode
to show one's feelings / to show it in one's face
manner / bearing / trace / mark / trail / etiquette
indeterminate form
heptagon
all-terrain vehicle (ATV)
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
semicircular
cylindrical
fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
metaphysics
square
crater / ring-shaped mountain
deformed child / child with birth defect
Pascal's Triangle (math.)
a bar / a strip
invisibles (trade)
pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
hexagon
elastic deformation
to betray anger (idiom); fury written across one's face
Z-shaped; zigzag
deformation; bending
trapezoid / ladder-shaped / terraced
isosceles triangle
(idiom) to feel inferior; to feel inadequate
similar in shape and appearance
fractal
metaphysics

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