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情形

qíng xing · qing xing

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HSK 5Old HSK 6Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. circumstances
  2. situation
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Is there a queue?

  1. Liangliang

    餐厅(cāntīng)那边(nàbian)的(de)情形(qíngxing)怎么样(zěnmeyàng)？要(yào)排队(páiduì)吗(ma)？

    How are things over at the restaurant? Is there a queue?

  2. Dengdeng

    门口(ménkǒu)排(pái)了(le)二十(èrshí)个(gè)人(rén)，这种(zhèzhǒng)情形(qíngxing)要(yào)等(děng)很久(hěnjiǔ)。

    Twenty people are queuing at the door. In this situation we will wait long.

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)换(huàn)一家(yījiā)吧(ba)。

    Then let us go to another one.

  4. Dengdeng

    等一下(děngyīxià)，我(wǒ)再(zài)看看(kànkan)情形(qíngxing)。哦(ò)，他们(tāmen)排(pái)的(de)是(shì)隔壁(gébì)的(de)鞋店(xiédiàn)！

    Wait, let me look again. Oh, they are queuing for the shoe shop next door!

  5. Liangliang

    太好了(tàihǎole)，餐厅(cāntīng)里(lǐ)一个(yīgè)人(rén)都(dōu)没有(méiyǒu)！

    Great, there is nobody in the restaurant!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)已(yǐ)经(jīng)不(bú)记(jì)得(de)第(dì)一(yī)次(cì)碰(pèng)到(dào)汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)的(de)情(qíng)形(xing)了(le)。

I don't remember the first time I met Tom.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

当(dāng)时(shí)的(de)情(qíng)形(xing)太(tài)复(fù)杂(zá)，我(wǒ)一(yì)时(shí)说(shuō)不(bu)清(qīng)楚(chu)。

The situation at the time was too complicated; I couldn't explain it clearly right away.

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