DICTIONARY
The Chinese word biao - 表 - biǎo
(surface in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
biǎo
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English translations
surface"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū)., watch
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 表 ( biǎo ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The traditional Chinese characters of biǎo are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
Character complexity
表 is composed of 9 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
facial expression | a form
表 ( biao / biǎo ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 230)
表 ( biao / biǎo ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 230)
Chinese example words containing the character 表 ( biao / biǎo )
表达 ( biǎodá = to express ), 表格 ( biǎogé = form ), 表示 ( biǎoshì = to indicate ), 表现 ( biǎoxiàn = to show ), 表扬 ( biǎoyáng = to praise ), 表演 ( biǎoyǎn = performance ), 代表 ( dàibiǎo = delegate ), 代表团 ( dàibiǎotuán = delegation ), 电表 ( diànbiǎo = electric meter ), 发表 ( fābiǎo = to publish ), 华表 ( huábiǎo = marble pillar ), 时刻表 ( shíkèbiǎo = timetable ), 手表 ( shǒubiǎo = watch ), 智能手表 ( zhìnéngshǒubiǎo = smart watch )
More words that mean watch in Chinese
shǒubiǎo ( 手表 )
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