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表

biǎo

HSK 2 Character

What 表 means

1. exterior surface
2. family relationship via females
3. to show (one's opinion)
4. a model
5. a table (listing information)
6. a form
7. a meter (measuring sth)

Other readings

表 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• biǎowatch (timepiece); meter; gauge

Example sentences

• 列表如下：
  The list is as follows:
• 我戴手表。
  I wear a watch.
• 有时间表吗？
  Yǒu shíjiān biǎo ma?
  Is there a timetable?
• 列一个列表。
  Liè yī gè lièbiǎo.
  Make a list.
• 燃油表坏了。
  Rányóu biǎo huàile.
  The fuel gauge is broken.
• 这表不走了。
  This clock isn't working.

Words starting with 表

• 表示biǎo shì(of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show…
• 表现biǎo xiànto show; to show off; to display
• 表演biǎo yǎnplay; show; performance
• 表达biǎo dáto express; to convey
• 表扬biǎo yángto praise; to commend
• 表格biǎo géform; table
• 表情biǎo qíng(facial) expression; to express one's feelings
• 表明biǎo míngto make clear; to make known; to state clearly
• 表面biǎo miànsurface; face; outside
• 表态biǎo tàito declare one's position; to say where one stands
• 表彰biǎo zhāngto honor; to commend; to cite (in dispatches)
• 表决biǎo juéto decide by vote; to vote
• 表面上biǎo miàn shangoutwardly; superficially; on the face of it
• 表哥biǎo gēolder male cousin through a female relative
• 表述biǎo shùto express; to articulate; to formulate
• 表姐biǎo jiěolder female cousin through a female relative
• 表白biǎo báito explain oneself; to express; to reveal one's thoughts or feelings
• 表妹biǎo mèiyounger female cousin through a female relative
• 表弟biǎo dìyounger male cousin through a female relative
• 表露biǎo lùto show; to reveal (one's feelings etc)
• 表象biǎo xiàngoutward appearance; superficial; (philosophy, psychology) representation
• 表现力biǎo xiàn lìexpressive power
• 表层biǎo céngsurface layer
• 表叔biǎo shūson of grandfather's sister; son of grandmother's brother or sister…

Words containing 表

• 发表fā biǎoto issue; to publish
• 手表shǒu biǎowristwatch
• 代表dài biǎorepresentative; delegate; to represent
• 外表wài biǎoexternal; outside; outward appearance
• 列表liè biǎoto tabulate; to list; table; list
• 代表团dài biǎo tuándelegation
• 三个代表Sān gè Dài biǎothe Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang…
• 代表性dài biǎo xìngrepresentativeness; representative; typical
• 时间表shí jiān biǎoschedule; timetable
• 报表bào biǎoforms for reporting statistics; report forms
• 图表tú biǎochart; diagram
• 申请表shēn qǐng biǎoapplication form
• 报名表bào míng biǎoapplication form; registration form
• 代表作dài biǎo zuòrepresentative work (of an author or artist)
• 仪表yí biǎoappearance; bearing; meter (i.e. measuring instrument)
• 钟表zhōng biǎoclock
• 代表人物dài biǎo rén wùrepresentative individual (of a school of thought)
• 登记表dēng jì biǎoregistration form
• 填表tián biǎoto fill out a form; to complete a form
• 时刻表shí kè biǎotimetable; schedule
• 地表dì biǎothe surface (of the earth)
• 一览表yī lǎn biǎotable; schedule; list
• 溢于言表yì yú yán biǎoto exhibit one's feelings in one's speech
• 课程表kè chéng biǎoclass timetable

Characters that look like 表

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

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 卷juànscroll; book; volume
• 泉quánspring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
• 隶lì(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate…
• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…

Sounds the same

Read biǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 裱to hang (paper); to mount (painting)
• 婊prostitute
• 褾cuff; border or edge (of clothing); old variant of 裱