情形

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
trad. (情形)		情	形
simp. ^#(情形)		情	形

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíngxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ jing⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhìn-hìn

(Hailu, HRS): cin hin
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíngxíng → qíngxing (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ → ㄑㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíngsi̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing²-hsing⁵
  - Yale: chíng-sying
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyng.shyng
  - Palladius: цинсин (cinsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/ → /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing⁴ jing⁴
  - Yale: chìhng yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ ying⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ jɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìn-hìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qin^ˇ hin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qin² hin²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin¹¹ hin¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cin hin
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin⁵⁵ hin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengheeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹² hiɪŋ²⁴/

Noun

情形

time; circumstance; scene

Synonyms

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場景 / 场景 (chǎngjǐng)
場面 / 场面 (chǎngmiàn)
情景 (qíngjǐng)
陣仗 / 阵仗 (zhènzhàng) (literary)
陣勢 / 阵势 (zhènshì) (figurative)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (情形):

→ Vietnamese: tình hình (情形)

References

“情形”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
情	形

Noun

情形

chữ Hán form of tình hình (“situation, state of affairs”)