状
zhuàng HSK3

form, shape

状 (狀) zhuàng
state noun
state or condition

地震灾区的惨状让人们深感同情。

dì​zhèn zāi​qū de cǎn zhuàng ràng rén​men shēn​gǎn tóng​qíng.

The miserable conditions in the earthquake disaster zone evoked deep sympathy.

certificate noun
an official document or certificate of merit

战败的将领向盟军统帅递交了投降状。

zhàn​bài de jiàng​lǐng xiàng méng​jūn tǒng​shuài dì​jiāo le tóu​xiáng zhuàng.

The defeated general submitted a letter of surrender to the Allied commander.

describe noun
to describe or depict

这种美景难以言状。

zhè zhǒng měi​jǐng nán​yǐ yán zhuàng.

This beauty is beyond description.

lawsuit noun
a written complaint or lawsuit

律师正在帮他起草一份针对这家公司的正式诉状。

lǜ​shī zhèng​zài bāng tā qǐ​cǎo yī fèn zhēn​duì zhè jiā gōng​sī de zhèng​shì sù zhuàng.

The lawyer is helping him draft a formal complaint against the company.

shape idiom
form, appearance, or shape

这里的石头奇形怪状。

zhè​lǐ de shí​tou qí​xíng​guài​zhuàng.

The stones here are of all sorts of strange shapes.

Frequency
Character
Written text
624th most common 333.3 per million
Movie subtitles
890th most common 129.8 per million appears in 48% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
13.6 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
66.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
狀
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+72B6

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)