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- Yamagata prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
Trad. 詞形
- form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation)
- morphology (linguistics)
Trad. 形參
- (computing) formal parameter (abbr. for 形式參數|形式参数[xing2 shi4 can1 shu4])
- sham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage (abbr. for 形式婚姻[xing2 shi4 hun1 yin1])
- semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂[dao1] in 刻[ke4])
- semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂[dao1] in 刻[ke4])
Trad. 形聲
- ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
Trad. 形譯
- derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合[chang3 he2], derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")
- pictogram
- one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters
- Chinese character derived from a picture
- sometimes called hieroglyph
- shaping
- reshaping
- plastic surgery or orthopedics (abbr. of 整形外科[zheng3 xing2 wai4 ke1])
- shape resembling the character 八 or 8
- V-shape
- splayed
- figure of eight
Trad. 山形縣
- Yamagata prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
Trad. 傘形科
- Umbelliferae or Apiaceae, plant family containing carrot, coriander etc
Trad. 變形蟲
- amoeba
- (fig.) sb or sth that is highly adaptable or changeable
Trad. 蜥形綱
- Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles
Trad. 形成層
- vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
Trad. 異形詞
- variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划[bi3 hua4] and 筆畫|笔画[bi3 hua4]
- exact synonym and homonym written with different characters
- pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- Chinese character derived from a picture
- sometimes called hieroglyph
Trad. 鍬形蟲
- stag beetle (generic term for the beetles in the family of lucanidae)
- non-surgical cosmetic procedure (injection of Botox, hyaluronic acid etc)
Trad. 自慚形穢
- (idiom) to feel inferior; to feel inadequate
Trad. 蠕形動物
- soft-bodied organisms
- vermes (obsolete taxonomic term)
Trad. 怒形於色
- to betray anger (idiom); fury written across one's face
- earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
Trad. 複數形式
- plural form (of a countable noun)
Trad. 形勢嚴峻
- in grave difficulties
- the situation is grim
Trad. 形同虛設
- to exist in name only
- empty shell
- useless (idiom)