形 xíng

1. xíng noun appearance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 形 is synonomous with 容色 or 容貌. For example, 形形色色 'many appearances and colors' (CCI p. 33; Guoyu '形' n 2; Kroll 2015 '形' 1, p. 509; Unihan '形')
2. xíng noun adjective
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Grammar
   Notes: Short for 形容词 (Guoyu '形容詞')
3. xíng noun shape; form
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '形'; Guoyu '形' n 1; Kroll 2015 '形' 2, p. 509; Unihan '形'; XHZD '形' 1, p. 836)
4. xíng noun terrain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 地形 (Guoyu '形' n 4)
5. xíng noun circumstances; situation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 形 is synonomous with 情势 (Guoyu '形' n 3)
6. xíng verb to form; to become
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 构成 (Guoyu '形' v 2; Kroll 2015 '形' 3, p. 509)
7. xíng verb to appear; to manifest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 形 is synonomous with 显露 or 显示 (CC-CEDICT '形'; Guoyu '形' v 1; Kroll 2015 '形' 3a, p. 509; XHZD '形' 3, p. 836)
8. xíng verb to contrast; to compare
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 形 is synonomous with 比较 or 对照 (Guoyu '形' v 4; Kroll 2015 '形' 4, p. 509; XHZD '形' 4, p. 836)
9. xíng verb to describe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 形 is synonomous with 描绘, as in 形容 (Guoyu '形' v 3)
10. xíng noun an entity
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (XHZD '形' 2, p. 836)
11. xíng adjective formal
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '形' 1b, p. 509)
12. xíng noun punishment
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As a variant of 刑 (Kroll 2015 '形' 5, p. 509)
13. xíng noun form; appearance; saṃsthāna
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: saṃsthāna, Japanese: kei, or: gyou (BCSD '形', p. 438; MW 'saṃsthāna'; SH '形', p. 236; Unihan '形')

Contained in

• 真色无形(真色無形) true form has no shape
• 佛说造立形像福报经(佛說造立形像福報經) Tathāgatapratibimbapratiṣṭhanuśaṃsā; Fo Shuo Zaoli Xingxiang Fu Bao Jing
• 祕在形山 hidden secretly in a mountain of form
• 佛说作佛形像经(佛說作佛形像經) Tathāgatapratibimbapratiṣṭhanuśaṃsā; Fo Shuo Zuo Fo Xingxiang Jing
• 露形外道 acelaka; a clothless ascetic cult

Also contained in

矩形 、 现代形式 、 图形用户界面 、 形气转续 、 放浪形骸 、 流形 、 字形 、 图形印 、 扁形动物 、 畸形 、 七边形 、 月牙形 、 梯形 、 血栓形成 、 形影 、 形同虚设 、 图形卡 、 方形 、 马鹿易形 、 图形 、 喇叭形 、 走形儿 、 之字形 、 走形 、 奇形怪状 、 长筒形 、 形译 、 知地形 、 半圆形 、 椭圆形 、 形质 、 八边形 、 山形 、 无形中 、 彪形大汉 、 三边形 、 形而上学 、 全等图形 、 多胞形 、 雏形 、 蝶形领结 、 喜形于色 、 地形 、 官场现形记 、 形蹟 、 全形

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• Huayan School - 4. A Comprehensive survey of Huayan 華嚴宗 肆、華嚴的面面觀 Buddhism Series 6 - Schools 《佛教叢書6－宗派》 — count: 15
• Embracing Nature: Ecology from a Buddhist Perspective (2) 佛教與自然生態（下） Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 9
• India 印度 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 8
• 11. Buddhism Terminology 1 拾壹、佛門用語篇 ～之一 Buddhism Series 7 - Organization and Ceremonies 《佛教叢書7－儀制》 — count: 7
• Inscriptions 碑銘 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 6
• Inscriptions - 銘 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 6
• Lecture 2: Buddhism's World View 第二講　佛教的世間觀 Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》 — count: 6
• From People's Past and Present to the Future 從人的過去、現在到未來 Humanistic Buddhism Series 8 - Dependent Origination and Cessation 《人間佛教系列8－緣起與還滅》 — count: 5
• Buddhism and the Flowers of Causes and Conditions 佛教與花的因緣 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 5
• Embracing Nature: Ecology from a Buddhist Perspective (1) 佛教與自然生態（上） Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 5

Collocations

• 疗形 (療形) 為療形枯 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 8: Monastery Language 第八講‧叢林語言 — count: 9
• 形枯 (形枯) 為療形枯 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 8: Monastery Language 第八講‧叢林語言 — count: 9
• 益形 (益形) 反益形忙碌 — Hundred Sayings 1 - Perfectly Willing 《往事百語1－心甘情願》, Misfortune is Difficult to Cope With 難遭難遇 — count: 7
• 形之下 (形之下) 相形之下 — Hundred Sayings 2 - Philosophy of Being Second 《往事百語2－老二哲學》, You are Important, Others are Important, I am not Important 你重要，他重要，我不重要 — count: 7
• 形躯 (形軀) 只是別形軀 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 6: Propagation of Buddhism 《僧事百講6－佛教推展》, Lecture 6: Releasing Life and Liberating Humans 第六講‧放生放人 — count: 7
• 忘形 (忘形) 為法忘形 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》, Lecture 14: To be Closer to Elder Masters 第十四講．親近長老 — count: 6
• 四方形 (四方形) 我要的是四方形的房子 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 5: Organizational Management 《僧事百講5－組織管理》, Lecture 4: Master-Disciple Paradigms 第四講．師徒範例 — count: 4
• 形重要 (形重要) 彼此關照更形重要 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 10 - The Human World is Filled with Joy 《星雲法語10－歡喜滿人間》, Scroll 2: Treasures Passed through the Generations - A Harmonious and Happy Family 卷二 傳家之寶 和樂家庭 — count: 4
• 形忙碌 (形忙碌) 反益形忙碌 — Hundred Sayings 1 - Perfectly Willing 《往事百語1－心甘情願》, Misfortune is Difficult to Cope With 難遭難遇 — count: 3
• 劳形 (勞形) 有的案牘勞形 — Pearls of Wisdom: Prayers for Engaged Living 《佛光菜根譚》, Family and Morality: Prayer for Past Generations 家庭‧倫理 為歷代宗親祈願文 — count: 3