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表情

biǎo qíng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

表情 (biǎo qíng) means "(facial) expression". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 表情 means

1. (facial) expression
2. to express one's feelings

The characters in 表情

• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition

Example sentences

• 你真该看看玛丽脸上的表情。
  Nǐ zhēn gāi kànkan Mǎlì liǎn shàng de biǎoqíng.
  You should have seen the look on Mary's face.
• 我从你的表情猜到你有好消息。
  Wǒ cóng nǐ de biǎoqíng cāi dào nǐ yǒu hǎo xiāoxi.
  I perceive by your face that you have good news.
• 他说话时，显然带着高兴的表情。
  He spoke with evident glee.
• 萨米给莱拉传了一个鲜花表情符号。
  Sami sent Layla a flower emoji.
• 从他们的表情可以知道，他们大概是失败了。
  Cóng tāmen de biǎoqíng kěyǐ zhīdào, tāmen dàgài shì shībài le.
  From the way they look, I would say that they failed.

Words starting with 表情

• 表情包biǎo qíng bāoimage macro; visual meme; sticker package

Words containing 表情

• 面部表情miàn bù biǎo qíngfacial expression
• 无表情wú biǎo qíngexpressionless; wooden (expression); blank (face)
• 微表情wēi biǎo qíngmicroexpression
• 脸部表情liǎn bù biǎo qíngfacial expression

Where 表情 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Signs, Symbols & Self-Expression (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read biǎo qíng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.