表
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exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)
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Dict coverage rank #268 U+8868
How 表 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Fur 毛 clothing 衣; a shawl or wrap
How to remember it
surface · Heisig RSH #1217
grow up + scarf
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 表 as their sound component
These characters all use 表 (biǎo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表 sound component | biǎo | to show, to express, to display; outside, appearance; a watch |
| 婊 | biǎo | whore, prostitute |
Words containing 表
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表里不一 | biǎo lǐ bù yī | outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems; saying one thing b… |
| 地表水 | dì biǎo shuǐ | surface water |
| 全国人民代表大会 | Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì | National People's Congress (NPC) |
| 电子表 | diàn zǐ biǎo | electric watch; electronic watch; digital watch |
| 全国代表大会 | quán guó dài biǎo dà huì | national general congress; Communist party national congress, in recent times every five y… |
| 表面化 | biǎo miàn huà | to come to the surface; to become apparent |
| 电子表格 | diàn zǐ biǎo gé | (computing) spreadsheet |
| 发表会 | fā biǎo huì | press conference; unveiling ceremony; (product) launch; (fashion) show; (dance) performanc… |
| 表面上 | biǎo miàn shang | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it |
| 出人意表 | chū rén yì biǎo | to exceed all expectations; to come as a surprise |
| 法定代表人 | fǎ dìng dài biǎo rén | (law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, prin… |
| 三用电表 | sān yòng diàn biǎo | multimeter |
| 代表人物 | dài biǎo rén wù | representative individual (of a school of thought) |
| 表里如一 | biǎo lǐ rú yī | external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means; to think a… |
| 水表 | shuǐ biǎo | water meter; indicator of water level |
| 电流表 | diàn liú biǎo | ammeter |
| 地表 | dì biǎo | the surface (of the earth) |
| 无表情 | wú biǎo qíng | expressionless; wooden (expression); blank (face) |
| 人民代表 | rén mín dài biǎo | deputy to the People's Congress |
| 马表 | mǎ biǎo | stopwatch |