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外表

wài biǎo

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

外表 (wài biǎo) means "external". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 外表 means

1. external
2. outside
3. outward appearance

The characters in 外表

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)

Example sentences

• 外表未必可信。
  Wàibiǎo wèibì kěxìn.
  Appearances are deceiving.
• 外表可以骗人。
  Looks can be deceptive.
• 外表并不是全部。
  Looks aren't everything.
• 他的外表欺骗了我。
  Tā de wàibiǎo qīpiàn le wǒ.
  His appearance led me astray.
• 不可被她的外表蒙骗。
  Don't be fooled by her appearance.

Where 外表 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tuò–wá (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wài biǎo correctly.
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