带状

帶狀

dàizhuàng

adjective #43,942

Meanings

1 strip-shaped
2 band-shaped
3 zonal

Characters

Examples

带状疱疹俗称蛇缠腰。

Dàizhuàng pàozhěn súchēng shé chán yāo.

Shingles is colloquially called 'snake around the waist'.

这片森林呈带状分布。

Zhè piàn sēnlín chéng dàizhuàng fēnbù.

This forest is distributed in a band-like pattern.

Tips

usage

Most commonly seen in 带状疱疹 (shingles, herpes zoster) — the rash forms a band along one nerve. Also used in geography (带状分布) and industry (带状加工).

Stroke Order

带 dài

状 zhuàng