表
Tap the pinyin to hear it
exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 衣 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 表
- Common rank
- #269
- Unicode
- U+8868
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 表
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表里不一 | outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems; saying one thing b… | |
| 地表水 | surface water | |
| 全国人民代表大会 | National People's Congress (NPC) | |
| 电子表 | electric watch; electronic watch; digital watch | |
| 全国代表大会 | national general congress; Communist party national congress, in recent times every five y… | |
| 表面化 | to come to the surface; to become apparent | |
| 发表会 | press conference; unveiling ceremony; (product) launch; (fashion) show; (dance) performanc… | |
| 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 出人意表 | to exceed all expectations; to come as a surprise | |
| 电子表格 | (computing) spreadsheet | |
| 法定代表人 | (law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, prin… | |
| 三用电表 | multimeter | |
| 代表人物 | representative individual (of a school of thought) | |
| 表里如一 | external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means; to think a… | |
| 水表 | water meter; indicator of water level | |
| 电流表 | ammeter | |
| 地表 | the surface (of the earth) | |
| 人民代表 | deputy to the People's Congress | |
| 无表情 | expressionless; wooden (expression); blank (face) | |
| 马表 | stopwatch |
Sound family
These characters use 表 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表 sound part | to show, to express, to display; outside, appearance; a watch | |
| 婊 | whore, prostitute |