条状 (tiáo zhuàng) — strip shape, strip-like form, bar shape

Definition

A noun meaning 'strip or bar shape' — something long and narrow, like a chocolate bar or a metal strip. Often used as a modifier (条状的巧克力) to describe that form.

noun
strip shapestrip-like formbar shape
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 条状。
    Zhè zhǒng tiáo zhuàng qiǎo kè lì chī qǐ lái hěn fāng biàn.
    This kind of bar-shaped chocolate is very convenient to eat.
  • 条状。
    Qiáng shàng yǒu yì xiē tiáo zhuàng huā wén.
    There are some strip-shaped patterns on the wall.
  • 条状。
    Tā bǎ jīn shǔ qiē chéng tiáo zhuàng.
    He cut the metal into strips.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

条tiáostrip
状zhuàngshape

条 is a strip and 状 is shape, so the form is like a strip.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 條; 条 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu條tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 條 pairs 木, a small branch or stick, with 攸, which shows a person warned by a hand holding a stick, as a sound part; 条 is a later shortened shape.

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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 狀; 状 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎn
Sound part声符shēngfú
爿
爿pán狀zhuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 狀 pairs 犬 (dog) with 爿 as a sound component; the simplified 状 is a shorthand, not the historical shape.

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