Chinese symbol for “morphology”
形态学
xíng tài xué
Traditional: 形態學
morphology (in biology or linguistics)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for morphology is 形态学 (xíng tài xué), defined as: morphology (in biology or linguistics).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “morphology”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 词法 (詞法) | cí fǎ | morphology (linguistics); word formation and inflection |
| 形态 (形態) | xíng tài | shape; form |
| 构词学 (構詞學) | gòu cí xué | morphology (linguistics) |
| 词形 (詞形) | cí xíng | form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation); morphology (linguistics) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 形态学.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 形成 | xíng chéng | to form; to take shape |
| 形式 | xíng shì | outer appearance; form |
| 形象 | xíng xiàng | image; form |
| 形势 (形勢) | xíng shì | circumstances; situation |
| 情形 | qíng xing | circumstances; situation; state of affairs |
| 形态 (形態) | xíng tài | shape; form |
| 状态 (狀態) | zhuàng tài | condition; state; state of affairs |
| 态度 (態度) | tài du | manner; bearing |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
See also: Japanese symbol for “morphology”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.