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情形

qíngxing

situation

A person between a cart and road
Memory picture

Characters in this word

情 qíng

Strokes
11
Radical
忄 — heart
Made of
忄 heart 青 blue, green
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 情

形 xíng

Strokes
7
Radical
彡 — hair
Made of
开 to open 彡 hair
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 形

Example phrases

  • 情形不太好。 Qíng xing bù tài hǎo. Things are not going well.
  • 看看情形吧。 Kàn kan qíng xing ba. Let us see what is happening.
  • 情形很清楚。 Qíng xing hěn qīng chǔ. The situation is clear.

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