A parallelogram is a quadrilateral formed from two sets of parallel lines.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
四边形
(geometry) quadrilateral
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(geometry) quadrilateral
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 四边形 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 四边形 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The area of a general quadrilateral cannot be written as a function of its side lengths.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 四边形.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 四边形.
Directly before
- 的四边形1
- 一般四边形1
Directly after
- 四边形的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 四边形
What does 四边形 mean in Chinese?
四边形 (sìbiānxíng) means (geometry) quadrilateral.
How do you pronounce 四边形?
四边形 is pronounced sìbiānxíng.
Is 四边形 an HSK word?
四边形 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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