形状(xíng zhuàng): form

Watch how each character of 形状 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 形状 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 那片云是鱼的形状。

  nà piàn yún shì yú de xíng zhuàng

  That cloud is in the shape of a fish.

• 这种水果形状像橙子，味道像菠萝。

  zhè zhǒng shuǐ guǒ xíng zhuàng xiàng chéng zǐ wèi dào xiàng bō luó

  This fruit is shaped like an orange and tastes like a pineapple.