格式塔

géshìtǎ

noun

Meanings

1 Gestalt (loanword from German)
2 a unified whole that is more than the sum of its parts

Characters

(transliteration; lit. pattern)

(transliteration; lit. style)

(transliteration; lit. pagoda)

Examples

格式塔心理学强调整体大于部分之和。

Géshìtǎ xīnlǐxué qiángdiào zhěngtǐ dàyú bùfèn zhī hé.

Gestalt psychology emphasizes that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

这本书介绍了格式塔理论的基本原则。

Zhè běn shū jièshàole géshìtǎ lǐlùn de jīběn yuánzé.

This book introduces the basic principles of Gestalt theory.

Tips

memory

Pure phonetic loan from German Gestalt: 格 (gé) + 式 (shì) + 塔 (tǎ). The characters carry no semantic load — think of 塔 (tǎ, pagoda) only as a sound, not a tower.

Stroke Order

格 gé

式 shì

塔 tǎ