形容

xíngróng

verb HSK 4 #3,405

Meanings

1 to describe
2 to characterize

Characters

appearance; face; to contain

Form and appearance — to describe how something appears.

Examples

我不知道怎么形容这种感觉。

Wǒ bù zhīdào zěnme xíngróng zhè zhǒng gǎnjué.

I don't know how to describe this feeling.

你能形容一下他长什么样吗？

Nǐ néng xíngróng yíxià tā zhǎng shénme yàng ma?

Can you describe what he looks like?

无法形容的美。

Wúfǎ xíngróng de měi.

Indescribable beauty.

Tips

usage

形容词 literally means 'describing word' — it is the Chinese term for adjective.

Stroke Order

形 xíng

容 róng