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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 表面

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
表面 biǎo miàn - surface
- face
- outside
- appearance

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 3 3,321 2,223 3,031

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
biǎo- exterior surface
- family relationship via females
- to show (one's opinion)
- a model
- a table (listing information)
- a form
- a meter (measuring sth)
biǎo- watch (timepiece)
- meter; gauge
miàn- face
- side
- surface
- aspect
- top
- classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
miàn- variant of 麵|面[mian4]
miàn- flour
- noodles
- (of food) soft (not crunchy)
- (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
- spineless

Other Words Containing 表面

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
表面 5 3 3,321 2,223 3,031
表面文章 - - 50,024 - -
表面张力 - - 71,016 65,028 106,909