月牙形

yuèyáxíng

adjective #90,810

Meanings

1 crescent-shaped
2 in the shape of a new moon
3 lunate

Characters

Examples

这把刀的刀刃是月牙形的。

Zhè bǎ dāo de dāorèn shì yuèyáxíng de.

The blade of this knife is crescent-shaped.

她的指甲修剪成月牙形。

Tā de zhǐjiǎ xiūjiǎn chéng yuèyáxíng.

Her nails are trimmed into a crescent shape.

Tips

memory

月牙 literally means "moon-tooth" — the thin curved sliver of a new moon. Add 形 ("shape") and you get "crescent-shaped". The same -形 suffix turns any object into an adjective: 心形 heart-shaped, 三角形 triangle, 圆形 round.

Stroke Order

月 yuè

牙 yá

形 xíng