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成形
Mandarin · pinyin chéng xíng
Meanings
- to take shape
- shaping
- forming
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2–2 · cheng2 xing2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sing4 jing4
Cantonese word readings for 成形. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- (intransitive, of object) to take a definite form; to become a certain shape
- (intransitive, of idea, project, etc.) to take shape; to solidify; to come into being; to have a rough outline formed
- (intransitive, medicine) to correct a disfigurement
- (intransitive, medicine, of stool) to be solid in form
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