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biǎo shì

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

表示 (biǎo shì) means "to express". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 表示 means

1. (of sb) to express; to state; to show
2. (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show
3. expression; manifestation

The characters in 表示

• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)
• 示shìto show; to reveal

Example sentences

• 箭头表示行进方向。
  Jiàntóu biǎoshì xíngjìn fāngxiàng.
  The arrow indicates the way to go.
• 13% 表示反对。
  Thirteen percent were opposed.
• 他表示他非常高兴。
  He said he was very happy.
• 那就表示有问题...
  Then there is a problem...
• 他们表示喜欢那样做。
  They say that they like to do that.
• 微笑并不一定表示高兴。
  Smiles do not always indicate pleasure.

Words starting with 表示

• 表示式biǎo shì shìexpression (math.)
• 表示层biǎo shì céngpresentation layer

Words containing 表示

• 公然表示gōng rán biǎo shìto state openly

Where 表示 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sequence, Similarity & Remaining Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read biǎo shì correctly.
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