球形

qiúxíng

adjective #31,326

Meanings

1 spherical; ball-shaped
2 globular

Characters

Examples

地球是球形的。

Dìqiú shì qiúxíng de.

The Earth is spherical.

商店摆着球形的灯笼。

Shāngdiàn bǎi zhe qiúxíng de dēnglóng.

The shop displays ball-shaped lanterns.

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grammar

The 形 ("shape") suffix forms a productive series of shape adjectives: 球形 (spherical), 圆形 (round), 方形 (square), 三角形 (triangular), 心形 (heart-shaped). Almost always used attributively as 球形的 + noun, or predicatively with 是 ... 的.

Stroke Order

球 qiú

形 xíng