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
形影不离
xíngyǐngbùlí
inseparable; always together
Characters in this word
影 yǐng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 彡 — hair
- Made of
- 景 scenery, view 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
离 lí
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禸 — rump
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这对双胞胎兄妹从小形影不离，走到哪儿都在一起。 Zhè duì shuāngbāotāi xiōngmèi cóngxiǎo xíngyǐngbùlí, zǒu dào nǎr dōu zài yīqǐ. The twin brother and sister have been inseparable since childhood, going everywhere together.
- 老爷爷新养的小猫跟他形影不离，走到哪儿跟到哪儿。 Lǎoyéye xīn yǎng de xiǎo māo gēn tā xíngyǐngbùlí, zǒu dào nǎr gēn dào nǎr. The old man's new kitten follows him everywhere, sticking with him wherever he goes.
- 他们俩是形影不离的好朋友，从小一起长大。 Tāmen liǎ shì xíngyǐngbùlí de hǎo péngyou, cóng xiǎo yīqǐ zhǎngdà. The two of them are inseparable friends who grew up together from an early age.
Related words
- 形成 xíngchéng to form
- 形式 xíngshì form; style
- 形象 xíngxiàng image
- 形状 xíngzhuàng shape
- 形容 xíngróng to describe
- 形势 xíngshì situation
- 地形 dìxíng terrain
- 情形 qíngxing situation
- 形态 xíngtài form
- 变形 biànxíng to deform; to change shape
- 队形 duìxíng formation; arrangement of a team
- 畸形 jīxíng deformed; abnormal; distorted