写法

寫法
xiěfǎ
noun #33,479

Meanings

  1. 1 way of writing (a character)
  2. 2 spelling
  3. 3 literary style of writing

Examples

Zhège zì de xiěfǎ hé fántǐ bùyí yàng.
The way this character is written is different from the traditional form.
Tā de xiǎoshuō xiěfǎ hěn xīnyǐng.
His novel-writing style is very fresh and original.

Tips

grammar
The - (fǎ) suffix means 'way / method of doing X' and produces a huge family of nouns: 看法 (view), 想法 (idea), 做法 (practice), 说法 (statement), 用法 (usage), 写法 (way of writing). Memorize the pattern, save dozens of vocabulary lookups.

Stroke Order

xiě