型 xíng pattern
pattern; model; type
How to remember 型: 刑 punishment + 土 earth = pattern. As a punishment for skipping class, the boy must press wet earth into the art room mould and copy the teacher's pattern.
Component breakdown
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
型 = 刑 punishment + 土 earth
- 刑 punishment sound
- 土 earth meaning
As a punishment for skipping class, the boy must press wet earth into the art room mould and copy the teacher's pattern.
How it came to be
Earth gives the meaning and the sign for punishment gives the sound: it first named a mould made of earth.
How it is used
- Suffix meaning "type/model", almost always bound to another word: 大型 (dàxíng) large-scale, 新型 (xīnxíng) new-type, 类型 (lèixíng) category.
- 型号 (xínghào) is the standard word for a product's model number, e.g. of a phone or appliance.
- 血型 (xuèxíng), blood type, and 模型 (móxíng), model/mockup, are other common compounds.
- Compare with 种 (zhǒng): 型 is used for technical/classificatory types (machine models, product lines), while 种 is the general word for "kind, sort" of anything.
Words with 型
- 大型dàxínglargeHSK 5
- 小型xiǎoxíngsmall scaleHSK 5
- 新型xīnxíngnew typeHSK 5
- 类型lèixíngtypeHSK 5
- 典型diǎnxíngmodelHSK 6
- 型号xínghàomodelHSK 6
- 模型móxíngmodelHSK 6
- 血型xuèxíngblood groupHSK 6
- 造型zàoxíngto modelHSK 6
- 原型yuánxíngmodelHSK 8
- 发型fàxínghairstyleHSK 8
- 微型wēixíngminiatureHSK 8
- 成型chéngxíngto become shapedHSK 8
- 转型zhuǎnxíngto undergo fundamental changeHSK 9
- 轻型qīngxínglight (machinery, aircraft etc)HSK 9
- 重型zhòngxíngheavyHSK 9
Example sentences
- 他爱好收集模型。 Tā àihào shōují móxíng.His hobby is collecting models.