Indicate in Chinese
to indicate · HSK 4
表示
- 表 table
- 示 to show
他点点头，表示同意。 He nodded to show he agreed.
Other ways to say indicate
More words with 表 or 示
How do you say indicate in Chinese?
Indicate in Chinese is 表示 (biǎo shì). You can also say 指出 (zhǐ chū), 表明 (biǎo míng), 指示 (zhǐ shì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.