无形 wúxíng incorporeal
incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible
How to remember 无形: 无 have not + 形 form = incorporeal.
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How it is used
- Intangible / invisible - 无形的压力 (wúxíng de yālì) unseen pressure, 无形资产 (wúxíng zīchǎn) intangible assets (accounting).
- Also adverbial 无形中 (wúxíng zhōng) = 'imperceptibly, without one realizing'. Opposite 有形 (yǒuxíng, tangible) - 有形资产 (yǒuxíng zīchǎn) tangible assets.
Example sentences
- 空气是无形的。 Kōngqì shì wúxíng de.Air is invisible.