shì

type

form; pattern; style

fixed peg (弋) + craft (工) = a set form or pattern

Work (工) done with a standard method yields a recognizable form or pattern. 弋 originally depicted a kind of stake or peg — something fixed in place — reinforcing the idea of an established, repeatable shape.

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这种新手机很受年轻人喜欢。

zhè zhǒng xīn shì shǒu jī hěn shòu nián qīng rén xǐ huān。

This new-style mobile phone is very popular among young people.

他们的婚礼采用了中的传统形式。

tā men de hūn lǐ cǎi yòng le zhōng shì de chuán tǒng xíng shì。

Their wedding adopted the traditional Chinese style and form.

Words with 式

哥德式

gē dé shì

gothic (Tw)

卧式

wò shì

(of an object or device) horizontal in design; intended to lie flat or operate in a lying position

运算式

yùn suàn shì

(math.) expression (arithmetic, Boolean etc)

运行方式

yùn xíng fāng shì

operating method

过去式

guò qu shì

past tense

递推公式

dì tuī gōng shì

recurrence formula

遗体告别式

yí tǐ gào bié shì

funeral

邮政式拼音

yóu zhèng shì pīn yīn

Chinese postal romanization, developed in the early 1900s, used until the 1980s

酸式盐

suān shì yán

acid salt

重形式轻内容

zhòng xíng shì qīng nèi róng

heavy on form, light on substance

量贩式

liàng fàn shì

at wholesale price

金字塔式

jīn zì tǎ shì

downward-facing dog (yoga pose)

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