形成 xíngchéng to form
to form; to take shape
怎么记住“形成”: 形 form + 成 to become = to form.
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用法
- To form or take shape gradually, as a result of a process - 逐渐形成了习惯 (zhújiàn xíngchéng le xíguàn) a habit gradually formed.
- Intransitive/resultative: something comes into being on its own (a pattern, an opinion, a market). Not 'to make X' with a direct maker.
- Contrast 组成 (zǔchéng, to be composed of parts) and 建立 (jiànlì, to establish deliberately): 形成 stresses emergence over time.