What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 表面 mean?

表面 biǎomiàn

surface; face

It can also mean

  • appearance; outward show

Its characters

  1. 表 biǎo table
  2. 面 miàn face

In a sentence

桌子表面有很多灰。 There's a lot of dust on the table's surface.

今天,一个人心里没底,表面上却显得很镇定,中国人就说他在“唱空城计”。

From 空城计 · The Empty Fort Strategy: Zhuge Liang's famous bluff

More about 表面

More words with 表 or 面

Look up another word

See any word in its sentence

Get a card like this for every word on any page or YouTube subtitle.