表 (錶) biǎo

  1. biǎo noun clock; a wrist watch
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
    Notes: Traditional: 錶 (Unihan '錶'; XHZD '表' 5, p. 47)
  2. biǎo noun a coat; outer clothing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; in the sense of 外衣 (Guoyu '表' n 1; Kroll 2015 '表' 1, p. 23)
  3. biǎo noun a mark; a border
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; in the sense of 标识 (Guoyu '表' n 2; Kroll 2015 '表' 2a, p. 23)
  4. biǎo noun appearance; exterior; bearing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; for example in the 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic”, 表正 'upright bearing' (Guoyu '表' n 3; Kroll 2015 '表' 2, p. 23; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 725; XHZD '表' 1, p. 46)
  5. biǎo verb to show; to express; to manifest; to display
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表 (Kroll 2015 '表' 3, p. 23; Unihan '表'; XHZD '表' 2, p. 46)
  6. biǎo noun a memorial; a memorial to the throne
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; a memorial was a document that a court official would give his thoughts in a particular issue and presented it to the emperor, who would read it to the court (Guoyu '表' n 5; Kroll 2015 '表' 3a, p. 23; Idema and Haft 1997, p. 106; XHZD '表' 9, p. 47).
  7. biǎo noun an example; a model
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; in the sense of 模范 (Guoyu '表' n 4; Kroll 2015 '表' 4, p. 23; XHZD '表' 7, p. 47)
  8. biǎo noun a stele
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; in the sense of 石碑 (Guoyu '表' n 6)
  9. biǎo noun a grave inscription
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; in the sense of 墓表 (Guoyu '表' n 7)
  10. biǎo noun a record; a table; a report; a form
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 表; for example, 报表 'report' (Guoyu '表' n 8; Kroll 2015 '表' 6, p. 23; XHZD '表' 4, p. 47)
  11. biǎo noun an alias; an alternative name
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表 (Guoyu '表' n 9)
  12. biǎo noun a meter; an instrument; a gauge
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 表; for measuring quantities, for example, 电表 'electricity meter' (Guoyu '表' n 10; Kroll 2015 '表' 5a, p. 23; XHZD '表' 6, p. 47)
  13. biǎo prefix a maternal cousin
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 表; in the sense of 表亲 (Guoyu '表' n 11; Kroll 2015 '表' 7, p. 23; XHZD '表' 8, p. 47)
  14. biǎo noun a prostitute
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; as a variant of 婊 (Guoyu '表' n 12)
  15. biǎo proper noun Biao
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 表 (Guoyu '表' n 13)
  16. biǎo verb to put on a coat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; as in 加上外衣 (Guoyu '表' v 1)
  17. biǎo verb to praise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; as in 表扬 (Guoyu '表' v 2)
  18. biǎo verb to tell; to declare
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; as in 宣布 (Guoyu '表' v 3)
  19. biǎo verb to present a memorial
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; in the sense of 上奏章 (Guoyu '表' v 4)
  20. biǎo verb to recommend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; in the sense of 推荐 (Guoyu '表' v 5)
  21. biǎo verb to investigate; to review
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; in the sense of 鑒察 (Guoyu '表' v 6)
  22. biǎo verb to mount [a frame]; to display [a picture]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表; as a varint of 裱 (Guoyu '表' v 7)
  23. biǎo verb to give medicine for driving out cold
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (XHZD '表' 3, p. 47)
  24. biǎo verb to adorn
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表 (Kroll 2015 '表' 1a, p. 23)
  25. biǎo verb to mark; to indicate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表 (Kroll 2015 '表' 4, p. 23)
  26. biǎo noun part of a sundial that casts a shadown; gnomon
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 表 (Kroll 2015 '表' 5, p. 23)

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