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显

xiǎn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 顯

What 显 means

1. to make visible
2. to reveal
3. prominent
4. conspicuous
5. (prefix) phanero-

Example sentences

• 很明显。
  It's obvious.
• 那很明显。
  That's quite obvious.
• 那显而易见。
  Nà xiǎn'éryìjiàn.
  It's as clear as day.
• 那非常明显。
  It's as clear as day.
• 好像很明显。
  It seems pretty obvious.
• 他看上去显老。
  Tā kànshangqu xiǎnlǎo.
  He is not as young as he looks.

Words starting with 显

• 显得xiǎn deto seem; to look; to appear
• 显示xiǎn shìto show; to illustrate; to display
• 显然xiǎn ránclearly; evidently; obviously
• 显著xiǎn zhùoutstanding; notable; remarkable
• 显出xiǎn chūto express; to exhibit
• 显现xiǎn xiànappearance; to appear
• 显示器xiǎn shì qìdisplay device; monitor
• 显露xiǎn lùto become visible; to reveal
• 显眼xiǎn yǎnconspicuous; eye-catching; glamorous
• 显而易见xiǎn ér yì jiànclearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly; it goes without saying
• 显示屏xiǎn shì píngdisplay screen
• 显赫xiǎn hèillustrious; celebrated
• 显微镜xiǎn wēi jìngmicroscope
• 显摆xiǎn bai(colloquial) to show off
• 显灵xiǎn líng(of a supernatural or divine being) to appear; to make itself manifest
• 显贵xiǎn guìdignitary; distinguished person; royalty
• 显明xiǎn míngobvious; evident; conspicuous; prominent; distinct; apparent
• 显存xiǎn cúngraphics memory; video random-access memory (VRAM)
• 显学xiǎn xuéfamous school; noted school of thought
• 显影xiǎn yǐng(photographic processing) to develop
• 显性xiǎn xìngvisible; conspicuous; phanero-
• 显效xiǎn xiàoto show an effect; to produce an effect; a conspicuous effect
• 显目xiǎn mùeye-catching; conspicuous
• 显要xiǎn yàoprominent; eminent; important person; notable; dignitary

Words containing 显

• 明显míng xiǎnclear; distinct; obvious
• 凸显tū xiǎnto stand out clearly; to make prominent
• 浅显qiǎn xiǎn(of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible
• 大显身手dà xiǎn shēn shǒu(idiom) fully displaying one's capabilities
• 外显wài xiǎnexternally manifested; visible; evident
• 集显jí xiǎn(computing) integrated GPU (abbr. for 集成显卡
• 外显子wài xiǎn zǐ(genetics) an exon
• 外显性wài xiǎn xìng(genetics) penetrance
• 来电显示lái diàn xiǎn shìcaller ID
• 各显所长gè xiǎn suǒ chángeach displays their own strengths (idiom)
• 核显hé xiǎn(computing) integrated GPU (GPU built into a CPU)
• 头显tóu xiǎnHMD; head-mounted display (abbr. for 头戴式显示器
• 集成显卡jí chéng xiǎn kǎintegrated GPU (abbr. to 集显
• 外显率wài xiǎn lǜ(genetics) penetrance
• 威显wēi xiǎnawe-inspiring; power
• 大显神通dà xiǎn shén tōngto display one's remarkable skill or prowess; to give full play to one's brilliant…
• 突显tū xiǎnconspicuous; to make sth stand out; make sth prominent
• 主显节Zhǔ xiǎn jié(Christianity) Epiphany
• 独显dú xiǎn(computing) discrete GPU; dedicated GPU (abbr. for 独立显卡
• 独立显卡dú lì xiǎn kǎ(computing) discrete GPU; dedicated GPU
• 隐显yǐn xiǎnappearing and disappearing; dimly visible; intermittent
• 不显山不露水bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐlit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom)…
• 时显时隐shí xiǎn shí yǐnappearing and disappearing; intermittently visible
• 隐显目标yǐn xiǎn mù biāointermittent target

Characters that look like 显

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 虽suīalthough; even though
• 轰hōngexplosion; bang; boom
• 垄lǒngridge between fields; crop row; mounded soil forming a ridge in a field; grave mound
• 盏zhǎna small cup; classifier for lamps
• 垦kěnto reclaim (land); to cultivate
• 昱yùbright light

Sounds the same

Read xiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 险danger; dangerous; rugged
• 洗used in 洗马
• 鲜few; rare
• 铣shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)
• 藓moss; lichen; moss on damp walls
• 狝to hunt in autumn (archaic)
• 蚬basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蚬
• 跣barefooted
• 燹conflagration
• 姺name of an ancient state
• 崄precipitous; rugged
• 幰curtain at front of carriage