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HSK
outer appearance / form / shape / formality / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
image / form / figure / CL: 個|个 / visualization / vivid
HSK 3
to form; to take shape
HSK 3
form; shape / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to describe / (literary) countenance; appearance
HSK 4
circumstances / situation / terrain / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
shape / form / pattern / morphology
HSK 5
circumstances / situation / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
topography / terrain / landform
HSK 5
to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
HSK 6
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  *形* | 形* | *形
to appear / to look / form / shape
HSK 6
all kinds of / all sorts of / every (different) kind of
HSK 7-9
round / circular
HSK 7-9
picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical
HSK 7-9
invisible
HSK 7-9
figure / shape / external form / contour
HSK 7-9
deformed; malformed / lopsided; unbalanced
HSK 7-9
formation
HSK 7-9
inseparable (as form and shadow)
HSK 7-9
incorporeal / virtual / formless / invisible (assets) / intangible
HSK 7-9
imperceptibly / virtually
HSK 7-9
rectangle
not the usual type / atypical / heterotype
trapezoid / ladder-shaped / terraced
polygon
a bar / a strip
curve; arc
barcode
circular sector
figure / physique / form and structure
appearance
square / square-shaped
to take shape / shaping / forming
human form / human-shaped; humanoid
cuneiform (letters) / wedge-shape
total form / coherent whole / Gestalt / holistic
figure / bodily form
figure (esp. a woman's)
wave form
fractal
pentagon
ring-shaped / (math.) annulus
paper clip
shaping / reshaping / plastic surgery or orthopedics (abbr. of 整形外科)
spherical; ball-shaped
deformation; bending
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
metaphysics
arch
lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other; inseparable; to follow relentlessly
conical
original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character
rhombus
pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
to vanish / to hide / to cover one's traces
umbrella-shaped
orthopedic (e.g. surgery)
fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany)
hexagon
form / shape / structure / design
embryonic form / miniature model
form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation) / morphology (linguistics)
so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
circular segment
S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake
to show one's true nature (derog.) / to betray oneself
to become visible / to appear / to manifest one's true nature
the human body / skeleton
(idiom) lonely soul; solitary
crescent
to pale by comparison (idiom)
Yamagata prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
(idiom) burly chap; husky fellow
(idiom) to feel inferior; to feel inadequate
similar in shape and appearance
form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型
polygon / same as 多邊形|多边形
out of shape / to lose shape / to deform
manner / bearing / trace / mark / trail / etiquette
semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component in )
with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely
face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
to abandon all restraint (idiom)
amoeba
to betray anger (idiom); fury written across one's face
shape and color / appearance / facial expression
to hide from public view / to conceal one's identity / to lay low
cloze (pedagogy)
lit. body and shadow follow each other (idiom) / fig. inseparable
variant of 臉型|脸型, shape of face / physiognomy
adjective
shape of face
plural form (of a countable noun)
body and soul / physical and spiritual / material form and internal spirit
material; tangible; visible / shapely
form / image
pictogram / hieroglyph
plastic surgery / orthopedics

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