表 (biu2 | biao3) : form; table; surface; outside; show

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表

biu2

biao3

[1] [n] form; table; list; chart
[2] [n] surface; outside; external
[3] [v] show; express; manifest
[4] [n] relatives on the side of mother's siblings or father's sisters

表 is also the simplified form of 錶.

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: (#145)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

表

This word has been viewed 21210 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Dec 2014 03:30

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表親 biu2 can1 biao3 qin1 = cousin (via female line)

表姐 biu2 ze2 biao3 jie3 = older female cousin

表妹 biu2 mui6*2; bui2 mui6*1 biao3 mei4 = 妹2: younger female cousin; 妹1: a girl from mainland China

表面 biu2 min6 biao3 mian4 = surface; appearance; facade

代表 doi6 biu2 dai4 biao3 = to represent

表現 biu2 jin6 biao3 xian4 = to express; to indicate; to perform; performance

表演 biu2 jin2 biao3 yan3 = to perform; performance

老表 lou5 biu2 = cousin 粵

成績表 sing4 zik1 biu2 cheng2 ji4 biao3 = academic report

表哥 biu2 go1 biao3 ge1 = older male cousin
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我睇完佢表演之後都O晒嘴！粵
I was also speechless (with surprise) after seeing him performed.

內附表格乙份
Enclosed herewith one copy of the form

表面上關係好好，但內裡其實係咪真嘅噉？粵
The relationship is cordial on the surface, but is it really so (deep down inside)?

聽人講手指甲凹凹凸凸係表示健康有問題粵
I hear that uneven finger nails means that there are some health issues.

佢想表達嘅係佢可以隨心所欲粵
He wants to show that he can have his own way.

我手機嘅聯繫人列表中有超過200個名。粵
The contact list in my mobile phone has more than two hundred entries.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 表
Unicode code for this character: U+8868 (off-site link)

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