形式 xíngshì▶ bentuk

Stroke order

形式 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 形 — 7 strokes
• 式 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. outer appearance
2. form
3. shape
4. formality

Related words

• 形势situasi; keadaan
• 形容menggambarkan
• 形成formasi
• 形状bentuk
• 形象gambar; citra
• 方式mode

形式 is pronounced xíngshì and means “bentuk”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 形式 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.