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形象

形象

Chinese

		to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (math.)
simp. and trad. (形象)		形	象
alt. forms		形像
anagram		象形

Noun

形象

image (visual appearance, or public perception)
form

Adjective

形象

expressive; graphic

Derived terms

形象化
形象大使 (xíngxiàng dàshǐ)
形象工程 (xíngxiàng gōngchéng)

形象思維／形象思维
形象性
身體形象／身体形象 (shēntǐ xíngxiàng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xíngxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ zoeng⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hìn-siong
Min Nan (POJ): hêng-siǒng / hêng-siōng / hêng-chhiāng / hêng-siāng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: xíngxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshianq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    形像
    形象
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing⁴ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: yìhng jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ dzoeng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ t͡ɕœːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hìn-siong
  - Hakka Romanization System: hinˇ xiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hin² xiong⁴
  - IPA: /hin¹¹ ɕi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-siǒng
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-siǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-siōng
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-siōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengsiong
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-chhiāng
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-tshiāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengchiang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰiaŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-siāng
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-siāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengsiang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiaŋ³³/