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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

情形 [qíngxing]
  1. 1. noun situation

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

情形 [qíngxing]
  1. 1. circumstances; situation; condition; state of affairs; thing
    这是一方面的情形
    This is one side of the picture.
    大家看了这种情形,非常气愤。
    People felt indignant at this state of affairs.
    两地情形大不相同。
    Conditions in the two places differ greatly.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

情形 [qíngxing]
  1. 1. 事物所表现出来的具体状况
    我们尚不了解敌人的真实情形
    我离开两年了,对那里的情形不太清楚。
  2. 2. 跟"情况"意义不同。"情形"指事物发展变化中所表现出的外在形态和状况,词义较具体;"情况"指事物发展变化中所反映出的特征和趋势,词义较抽象。

Examples

方才的情形,你都知道了。
You know what has just happened.
俗话说:“看菜吃饭,量体裁衣”。我们无论做什么事都要看情形办理。
There is a proverb: "Fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure". Whatever we do must be done according to actual circumstances.
大家看了这种情形,非常气愤。
People felt indignant at this state of affairs.
他把他看到的情形有声有色地描述了一番。
He gave a vivid and spirited description of what he had seen.
故道重行不由使我想起当年读书时的情形
Going down the old path reminds me of the time when I was at school.
他在给我讲当年义和团举事时的情形
He is telling me about the situation of the uprising held by the Yihetuan in those days.
情形
事件非常复杂,内中情形,还不太清楚。

Collocations

生活情形
one's living situation
村里的情形
the situation in the village
情形复杂
complex conditons
情形
to depend on something

Word Decomposition


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