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表面

biǎo miàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

表面 (biǎo miàn) means "surface". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 表面 means

1. surface
2. face
3. outside
4. appearance

The characters in 表面

• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 光看表面是不足够的。
  All that glitters is not gold.
• 地球的表面有七成是水。
  The surface of the earth is 70% water.
• 美貌只是表面性的东西。
  Beauty is but skin deep.
• 这件物件的表面颇为粗糙。
  Zhè jiàn wùjiàn de biǎomiàn pōwéi cūcāo.
  The surface of the object is fairly rough.
• 重力将一切带下地球表面。
  Gravity brings everything down to Earth.
• 地球表面的三分之一是沙漠。
  One third of the earth's surface is desert.

Words starting with 表面

• 表面上biǎo miàn shangoutwardly; superficially; on the face of it
• 表面化biǎo miàn huàto come to the surface; to become apparent
• 表面文章biǎo miàn wén zhāngsuperficial show; going through the motions
• 表面张力biǎo miàn zhāng lìsurface tension
• 表面活化剂biǎo miàn huó huà jìsurfactant
• 表面活性剂biǎo miàn huó xìng jìsurfactant
• 表面外膜biǎo miàn wài mósurface coat

Where 表面 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 miàn correctly.
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