Chinese
形容
/ɕiŋ³⁵ ɻʊŋ³⁵/
to describe
- HSK 4
- TOCFL 5
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Origin
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Lineage
- characterChinese形 “form; shape; appearance”
- soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
- meaningChinese彡 “hair”
- characterChinese容 “to hold; to contain”
- meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
- soundChinese公 “public; communal”
Sources
- HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
- 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
- Written form — n/a
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0