表 — exterior surface
exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show
- Pinyin
- biǎo
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 表: 8 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 表 in the HSK syllabus: 23
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 手表shǒubiǎowristwatchHSK 2
- 表演biǎoyǎnplay; show; performance; exhibition; to performHSK 3
- 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via femalesHSK 4
- 表格biǎogéform; tableHSK 4
- 表示biǎoshìto express; to state; to showHSK 4
- 表现biǎoxiànto show; to show off; to display; to manifestHSK 4
- 表扬biǎoyángto praise; to commendHSK 4
- 时间表shíjiānbiǎoschedule; timetableHSK 4
- 表达biǎodáto express; to conveyHSK 5
- 表面biǎomiànsurface; face; outside; appearanceHSK 5
- 表明biǎomíngto make clear; to make known; to state clearlyHSK 5
- 表情biǎoqíngexpression; to express one's feelingsHSK 5
- 代表dàibiǎorepresentative; delegate; to represent; to stand forHSK 5
- 发表fābiǎoto issue; to publishHSK 5
- 图表túbiǎochart; diagramHSK 6
- 外表wàibiǎoexternal; outside; outward appearanceHSK 6
- 表白biǎobáito explain oneself; to expressHSK 7–9
- 表决biǎojuéto decide by vote; to voteHSK 7–9
- 表述biǎoshùto express; to articulate; to formulateHSK 7–9
- 表率biǎoshuàiexample; modelHSK 7–9
- 表态biǎotàito declare one's position; to say where one standsHSK 7–9
- 表彰biǎozhāngto honor; to commend; to citeHSK 7–9
- 仪表yíbiǎoappearance; bearing; meterHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.