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式样 (shì yàng) — style, type, model (of a product or design)

Definition

式样 refers specifically to the design or model of a product (clothing, phones, furniture) — more concrete and physical than 形式 (form, abstract pattern).

noun
styletypemodel (of a product or design)
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 。
    Zhè ge xīn shì yàng de shǒu jī hěn shòu huān yíng.
    This new style of phone is very popular.
  • 式样？
    Nǐ xǐ huan nǎ zhǒng shì yàng de yī fu?
    What style of clothes do you like?
  • 式样。
    Tā men tuī chū le jǐ zhǒng bù tóng de shì yàng.
    They launched several different models.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

式shìform
样yàngappearance

式 and 样 both refer to form or appearance; together they mean style or model.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
工工gōngwork
Sound part声符shēngfú
弋
弋yì式shì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

式 pairs 工, meaning work, with 弋, which gives the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樣; 样 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
羕
羕yàng樣yàng
Same sound today

For 样, the traditional form 樣 pairs 木 (wood) with 羕 as a sound part.

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