Definition

1. Verb:
   • To form up, to take shape: To develop or become organized into a recognizable or defined structure, often referring to the initial or main stages of creation. It indicates that the basic outline or essential parts of something have come together.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tổ chức ấy đã thành hình. (That organization has taken shape.)
  • Ngôi nhà đã thành hình, nhưng chưa có cửa. (The house has formed up, but it doesn't have doors yet.)
  • Ý tưởng của chúng tôi cuối cùng cũng thành hình. (Our idea has finally taken shape.)

Advanced Usage

• "thành hình thành dạng": to become fully formed and defined.
  • Bản kế hoạch đã thành hình thành dạng sau nhiều cuộc họp. (The plan has become fully formed after many meetings.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hình thành (v): to form, to come into existence. This is a more common synonym.
  • Thói quen tốt cần thời gian để hình thành. (Good habits need time to form.)

Synonyms

• To take shape: To develop into a clear or definite form.
• To form up: To come together into an organized structure.
• To materialize: To become actual or real.

Related Idioms

• "Đầu chưa thành hình, đuôi đã lẹt đẹt": Literally "The head hasn't taken shape, but the tail is already dragging." It criticizes starting secondary tasks before completing the primary or fundamental ones.
  • Anh ta nên hoàn thành bản thảo trước, đừng có đầu chưa thành hình, đuôi đã lẹt đẹt mà lo đến bìa sách. (He should finish the manuscript first, not put the cart before the horse by worrying about the book cover.)

verb

1. to form up, to take shape