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表明

biǎo míng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

表明 (biǎo míng) means "to indicate, show clearly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 表明 means

1. to make clear
2. to make known
3. to state clearly
4. to indicate
5. known

The characters in 表明

• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

Example sentences

• 所有迹象表明她好起来了。
  Suǒyǒu jìxiàng biǎomíng tā hǎoqǐlai le.
  All the signs are that she is getting better.
• 他表明自己是一个理想的丈夫。
  Tā biǎomíng zìjǐ shì yī gè lǐxiǎng de zhàngfu.
  He's making it clear that he's an ideal husband.
• DNA检测表明，他是无辜的。
  DN A jiǎncè biǎomíng, tā shì wúgū de.
  A DNA test showed he was innocent.
• 这表明我们对自身的认知很少。
  That shows how little we know of ourselves.
• 这表明它们注意听了顾客的需要。
  Zhè biǎomíng tāmen zhùyì tīng le gùkè de xūyào.
  This shows they have listened to the needs of their clients.
• 这表明幸福和悲痛之间只隔着看法。
  Zhè biǎomíng xìngfú hé bēitòng zhījiān zhǐ gé zhe kànfǎ.
  This shows that happiness and sadness are only separated by attitude.

Where 表明 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 míng correctly.
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