# 形容
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xíngróng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jing$^4$ jung$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hìn-yùng
    (Hailu, HRS): hin rhung
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-iông
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xíngróng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: síngróng
*** Wade–Giles: hsing$^2$-jung$^2$
*** Yale: syíng-rúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngrong
*** Palladius: синжун (sinžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jing$^4$ jung$^4$
*** Yale: yìhng yùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jing$^4$ jung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ying$^4$ yung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪŋ²¹ jʊŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hìn-yùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: hin$^ˇ$ iung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hin$^2$ yung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /hin¹¹ i̯uŋ¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hìn-yùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: hin$^ˇ$ (r)iung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hin$^2$ yung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /hin¹¹ (j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hin rhung
*** Sinological IPA: /hin⁵⁵ ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-iông
*** Tâi-lô: hîng-iông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: heng'ioong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² iɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ iɔŋ²³/

### Verb

形容
* to describe

#### Synonyms

* 刻畫 / 刻画 (kèhuà)
* 塑造 (sùzào)
* 描寫 / 描写 (miáoxiě)
* 描摹 (miáomó)
* 描畫 / 描画 (miáohuà)
* 描繪 / 描绘 (miáohuì)
* 描述 (miáoshù)
* 摹寫 / 摹写 (móxiě)
* 繪 / 绘 (literary, or in compounds)

#### Derived terms

* 形容動詞 / 形容动词 (xíngróng dòngcí)
* 形容詞 / 形容词 (xíngróngcí)
* 無法形容 / 无法形容

### Noun

形容
* (literary) facial appearance; looks; countenance
    From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE
    Zhì wǔshí, yǒu yīrén xíngróng chǒu hēi, shēncháng bā chǐ, hé lì suō yī, hè chú ér zhì. [Pinyin]
    At noon a man wearing a lotus-leaf hat and straw cloak came to the temple with a hoe in hand. He was over eight feet tall and had a very unpleasant dark countenance.

#### Synonyms

* 人才 (réncái)
* 儀容 / 仪容 (yíróng) (of a person)
* 儀表 / 仪表 (yíbiǎo) (of a person)
* 外形 (wàixíng)
* 外相 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 外範 / 外范 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 外表 (wàibiǎo)
* 外觀 / 外观 (wàiguān)
* 外貌 (wàimào)
* 姿容 (zīróng)
* 容貌 (róngmào, “facial features”)
* 容顏 / 容颜 (róngyán, “facial features”)
* 尊容 (zūnróng) (ironic or honorific, of a person)
* 尪仔頭 / 尪仔头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 形貌 (xíngmào)
* 樣子 / 样子 (yàngzi)
* 模樣 / 模样 (of a person)
* 樣貌 / 样貌 (yàngmào)
* 相貌 (xiàngmào) (of a person)
* 瞻視 / 瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)
* 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 觀瞻 / 观瞻 (guānzhān)
* 貌相 (màoxiàng) (of a person)
* 賣相 / 卖相 (màixiàng) (originally Wu)
* 長相 / 长相 (zhǎngxiàng) (of a person)
* 面容 (miànróng, “facial features”)
* 面容仔 (“facial features”) (Hakka)
* 面水 (Hokkien)
* 面貌 (miànmào)
* 顏容 / 颜容 (yánróng, “facial features”)
* 體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 形容(けいよう) (keiyō)
* → Korean: 형용(形容) (hyeong'yong)
* → Vietnamese: hình dung (形容)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 形 | 容 |
| けい Grade: 2 | よう Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ke̞ːjo̞ː]

### Noun

形(けい)容(よう) • (keiyō)
* description
* (archaic) appearance, form

#### Derived terms

* 形容詞(けいようし) (keiyōshi, “adjective”)
* 形容動詞(けいようどうし) (keiyōdōshi, “adjectival noun, quasi-adjective, -na adjective”):

### Verb

形(けい)容(よう)する • (keiyō suru) suru (stem 形(けい)容(よう)し (keiyō shi), past 形(けい)容(よう)した (keiyō shita))
* to describe

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 形容し | けいようし | keiyō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 形容し | けいようし | keiyō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 形容する | けいようする | keiyō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 形容する | けいようする | keiyō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 形容すれ | けいようすれ | keiyō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 形容せよ¹ 形容しろ² | けいようせよ¹ けいようしろ² | keiyō seyo¹ keiyō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 形容される | けいようされる | keiyō sareru |
| Causative | 形容させる 形容さす | けいようさせる けいようさす | keiyō saseru keiyō sasu |
| Potential | 形容できる | けいようできる | keiyō dekiru |
| Volitional | 形容しよう | けいようしよう | keiyō shiyō |
| Negative | 形容しない | けいようしない | keiyō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 形容せず | けいようせず | keiyō sezu |
| Formal | 形容します | けいようします | keiyō shimasu |
| Perfective | 形容した | けいようした | keiyō shita |
| Conjunctive | 形容して | けいようして | keiyō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 形容すれば | けいようすれば | keiyō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||