格式化

géshìhuà

verb #29,174

Meanings

1 to format (a disk or drive)
2 to standardize format

Characters

pattern; standard; grid; character

style; format; type; mode

to change; to convert; to -ify/-ize

Examples

HSK 4

你需要先格式化U盘才能使用。

Nǐ xūyào xiān géshìhuà U pán cáinéng shǐyòng.

You need to format the USB drive before you can use it.

HSK 7-9

格式化硬盘会删除所有数据，请谨慎操作。

Géshìhuà yìngpán huì shānchú suǒyǒu shùjù, qǐng jǐnshèn cāozuò.

Formatting the hard drive will delete all data - please proceed with caution.

Tips

usage

格式化 is almost exclusively a computing term for formatting storage media. The suffix 化 (-huà) is a productive word-forming element meaning 'to make into' or 'to convert to' (e.g. 现代化 modernize, 标准化 standardize).

Stroke Order

格 gé

式 shì

化 huà