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Chinese
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to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
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to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance
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simp. and trad.
(形容)
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形
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容
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Pronunciation
Verb
形容
- to describe
Synonyms
- 刻畫／刻画 (kèhuà)
- 塑造 (sùzào)
- 描寫／描写 (miáoxiě)
- 描摹 (miáomó)
- 描畫／描画 (miáohuà)
- 描繪／描绘 (miáohuì)
- 描述 (miáoshù)
- 繪／绘 (literary, or in compounds)
Derived terms
Noun
形容
- (literary) facial appearance; looks; countenance
Synonyms
- 人才 (réncái)
- 儀容／仪容 (yíróng) (of a person)
- 儀表／仪表 (yíbiǎo) (of a person)
- 外形 (wàixíng)
- 外相 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 外範／外范 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 外表 (wàibiǎo)
- 外觀／外观 (wàiguān)
- 外貌 (wàimào)
- 容貌 (róngmào, “facial features”)
- 容顏／容颜 (róngyán, “facial features”)
- 尊容 (zūnróng) (ironic or honorific, of a person)
- 尪仔頭／尪仔头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 形貌 (xíngmào)
- 樣子／样子 (yàngzi)
- 模樣／模样 (of a person)
- 樣貌／样貌 (yàngmào)
- 相貌 (xiàngmào) (of a person)
- 瞻視／瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)
- 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
- 觀瞻／观瞻 (guānzhān)
- 貌相 (màoxiàng) (of a person)
- 賣相／卖相 (màixiàng) (originally Wu)
- 長相／长相 (zhǎngxiàng) (of a person)
- 面容 (miànróng, “facial features”)
- 面容仔 (“facial features”) (Hakka)
- 面水 (Hokkien)
- 面貌 (miànmào)
- 顏容／颜容 (yánróng, “facial features”)
- 體面／体面 (tǐmiàn)
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
形容 • (keiyō)
- description
- (archaic) appearance, form
Derived terms
Verb
形容する • (keiyō suru) suru (stem 形容し (keiyō shi), past 形容した (keiyō shita))
- to describe
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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形容し
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けいようし
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keiyō shi
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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形容し
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けいようし
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keiyō shi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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形容する
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けいようする
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keiyō suru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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形容する
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けいようする
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keiyō suru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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形容すれ
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けいようすれ
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keiyō sure
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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形容せよ¹
形容しろ²
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けいようせよ¹
けいようしろ²
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keiyō seyo¹
keiyō shiro²
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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形容される
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けいようされる
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keiyō sareru
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| Causative
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形容させる
形容さす
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けいようさせる
けいようさす
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keiyō saseru
keiyō sasu
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| Potential
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形容できる
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けいようできる
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keiyō dekiru
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| Volitional
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形容しよう
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けいようしよう
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keiyō shiyō
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| Negative
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形容しない
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けいようしない
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keiyō shinai
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| Negative continuative
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形容せず
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けいようせず
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keiyō sezu
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| Formal
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形容します
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けいようします
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keiyō shimasu
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| Perfective
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形容した
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けいようした
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keiyō shita
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| Conjunctive
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形容して
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けいようして
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keiyō shite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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形容すれば
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けいようすれば
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keiyō sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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