Surface in Chinese
surface · HSK 5
表面
- 表 table
- 面 face
桌子表面有很多灰。 There's a lot of dust on the table's surface.
Other ways to say surface
More words with 表 or 面
How do you say surface in Chinese?
Surface in Chinese is 表面 (biǎo miàn). You can also say 面 (miàn), 外面 (wài miàn), 表 (biǎo), 面子 (miàn zi).
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?
Our own 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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