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外表 wàibiǎo

外表 wàibiǎo Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 外表 wàibiǎo .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wàibiǎo | wai4 biao3
English translation
external
outside
outward appearance

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About 外表 wàibiǎo

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Traditional form

外表 wàibiǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 外表 wàibiǎo

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wài

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. bo represents the meaning and yuè represents the sound. bo here is used iconically as an arrow pointing to the outside.

Positional decomposition

夕卜

Number of Strokes

5
biǎo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts clothes () made from fur ( Máo ), typically the outermost layer of clothing. In simplified Chinese biǎo is also used to mean "wristwatch", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character biǎo .

Positional decomposition

毛衣 máo yī

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 外表 wàibiǎo

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有些 yǒu xiē 唾液 tuò yè suān 位于 wèiyú 溶酶 de wài 表面 biǎomiàn .

Some sialic acid is on the external surface of lysosomes.

船体 chuán tǐ de wài 表面 biǎomiàn 非常 fēicháng 坚硬 jiānyìng .

The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.

卡罗琳辨别 biàn bié chū le zhēn Jīn de 价值 jiàzhí , 知道 zhīdào zhǒng 炫耀 xuànyào de 铁渣只有 zhǐyǒu 迷惑 míhuo rén de 外表 wàibiǎo .

Caroline felt the value of the true ore, and knew the deception of the flashy dross.

shì shòu léng léng ,脸色 liǎn sè 发灰 de rén , huó xiàng méi 吃饱 chī bǎo fàn , 外表 wàibiǎo zǒng shì 非常 fēicháng 邋遢 lā ta .

He's a scrawny, greyfaced man, who looks half - starved, and he's always very slovenly in appearance.

性格 xìnggé 外表 wàibiǎo shì 分不开 de 而且 érqiě 观其形知其性

Character is not separable from physical form but is governed by it.

外表 wàibiǎo Decomposition

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外表 wàibiǎo Compounds

See all 7 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 外表 wàibiǎo in their composition.

  • wài
  • biǎo
    • biǎo , biǎo , biǎo , biāo , , biǎo
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