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 fāng shì way / manner / style / mode / pattern / CL:個|个[ge4]
 lèi xíng type / category / genre / form / style / (computer programming) type
 fēng gé style
 zào xíng to model / to shape / appearance / style / design / form / pose
 mú yàng look / style / appearance / approximation / about / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. [mo2 yang4]
 zuò fēng style / style of work / way
 kuǎn shì pattern / style / design / CL:種|种[zhong3]
 yàng shì type / style
 tǐ cái genre / style / form of writing
 zhāo shì style / manner
 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
 fēng mào style / manner / ethos
 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style
 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character
 xíng tài form / shape / type / style / pattern
 shì yàng style
 xíng shì type / pattern / version / style
 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale
 shì yàng style / type / model
 pài tóu manner / style / panache
 tǐ lì style (of literature) / form
 bǐ diào (of writing) tone / style
 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)
 shì type / form / pattern / style
 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
 fēng wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
 huā zhù style (female organ of flower)
 xíng mold / type / style / model
 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4]
 liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable
 zì tǐ calligraphic style / typeface / font
 xīn kuǎn new style / latest fashion / new model
 dǎ ban to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress
 fēng wèi distinctive flavor / distinctive style
 huā ér style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:首[shou3]
 Měi shì American style
 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
 hán xù to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism)
 wén bǐ writings / writing style
 Zhōng shì Chinese style
 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran
 xīn shì new style / latest type
 Oū shì in the European style / Euclidean
 Zhōng guó shì Chinese style / à / la chinoise
 xiě fǎ style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling
 Rì shì Japanese style
 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
 xué fēng style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions
西 xī shì Western style
 qīng lì lucid and elegant / quiet and exquisite / clear and attractive style
 xiě yì to suggest (rather than depict in detail) / freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details
仿 fǎng gǔ pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
 huī sǎ to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style
 tiān mǎ xíng kōng like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
 tán tǔ style of conversation
 xíng wén writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
 kāi piān start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
 bié jù yī gé having a unique or distinctive style
 xíng yún liú shuǐ lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced
 bǐ chù brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing
 chàng fǎ singing style / singing method
 pái chang ostentation / a show of extravagance / grand style / red tape
 huà fēng painting style
 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1]
 jiù shì old style
 wén fēng writing style / (used with 鼎盛[ding3 sheng4]) cultural activity
 liè yàn to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style
 yuè fǔ yuefu (Chinese style of lyric poetry)
 guī zhì to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building)
 yí fēng tradition or style from the past / old ways / surviving tradition / relic
 fēng gǔ strength of character / vigorous style (of calligraphy)
穿 chuān zhuó dǎ bàn style of dress / one's appearance
 Qín qiāng Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music / Shaanxi opera
 Máo Suì zì jiàn Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom) / to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 / of the Warring states)
 qì yùn (of literature, art) distinct style / flavor / spirit / character
 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
 Chūn cán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
 lì zhì style of governing (of minor official) / achievement in office
 bǐ fēng the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch
 bǐ lì vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition
 bái miáo line drawing in traditional ink and brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing
 shǒu juǎn hand scroll (horizontal format for Chinese landscape painting) / hand roll (Japanese: temaki, style of fish cuisine) / hand rolled cigarette / hand roll (many contexts) / roll up
 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable
 jīng wèi Beijing flavor / Beijing style
 shū tǐ calligraphic style / font
 zì chéng yī jiā to have a style of one's own
 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
 yìn shuā tǐ printed style (as opposed to cursive) / typeface
 xiě yì huà freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
 biān nián tǐ in the style of annals / chronological history, the regular form of the Chinese dynastic histories
 kūn descendant / elder brother / a style of Chinese poetry
 sǎ children's shoe (old) / to wear one's shoes babouche style
 fēng huá jué dài magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom) / peerless talent
 yī zì bāo biǎn dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom) / concise and powerful style
 wén rú qí rén the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)
 zhèng tǐ standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
 bù luò kē jiù not follow the beaten track / have an original style
 yán tǐ Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)
 dī sú zhī fēng vulgar style (used of items to be censored)
 Aī Jiāng nán fù Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 / mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
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