表
面

Surface in Chinese: 表面 (biǎo miàn)

biǎo miàn

surface

HSK 3.0 Level 32 example sentences

Definitions

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

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表
面

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄧㄠˇ

biǎo

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄇㄧㄢˋ

miàn

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 光看表面是不足够的。

    guāng kàn biǎo miàn shì bù zú gòu de。

    All that glitters is not gold.

  • 美貌只是表面性的东西。

    měi mào zhǐ shì biǎo miàn xìng de dōng xī。

    Beauty is but skin deep.

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Related words

表

biǎo

exterior surface

面

miàn

face

后面

hòu mian

the back

前面

qián miàn

ahead

手表

shǒu biǎo

wristwatch

表示

biǎo shì

to express

表演

biǎo yǎn

play

见面

jiàn miàn

to meet

面包

miàn bāo

bread

面条

miàn tiáo

noodles

表达

biǎo dá

to express

表格

biǎo gé

form

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