表現

See also: 表现

Chinese

		surface; exterior; to watch surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external	appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current
trad. (表現)		表	現
simp. (表现)		表	现

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎoxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² jin⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): péu-hien / péu-hian

  (Hailu, HRS): biau^ˊ hien^˖

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piáu-hiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎoxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎosiàn
    • Wade–Giles: piao³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: byǎu-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beaushiann
    • Palladius: бяосянь (bjaosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu² jin⁶
    • Yale: bíu yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu² jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu² yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ jiːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-hien
    • Hakka Romanization System: beu^ˋ hien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ hian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /peu̯³¹ hi̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-hian
    • Hakka Romanization System: beu^ˋ hian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ hian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /peu̯³¹ hi̯an⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: biau^ˊ hien^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /piau²⁴⁻³³ hien³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-hiān
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-hiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piaw'hien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn³³/

Verb

表現

1. to show; to display; to manifest

   • 但這孩子卻也有可敬的地方：他的從容，他的沉默，他的獨斷獨行，他的一去不回頭，都是力的表現，都是強者適者的表現。決不婆婆媽媽的，決不粘粘搭搭的，一針見血，一刀兩斷，這正是白種人之所以為白種人。 [MSC, trad.]
     但这孩子却也有可敬的地方：他的从容，他的沉默，他的独断独行，他的一去不回头，都是力的表现，都是强者适者的表现。决不婆婆妈妈的，决不粘粘搭搭的，一针见血，一刀两断，这正是白种人之所以为白种人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《白種人——上帝的驕子》

     Dàn zhè háizi què yě yǒu kějìng de dìfang: tā de cóngróng, tā de chénmò, tā de dúduàndúxíng, tā de yī qù bù huítóu, dōu shì lì de biǎoxiàn, dōu shì qiángzhě shìzhě de biǎoxiàn. Juébù pópomāma de, juébù niánniándādā de, yīzhēnjiànxiě, yīdāoliǎngduàn, zhè zhèngshì báizhǒngrén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi báizhǒngrén. [Pinyin]

     But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.

2. to express
3. to show off; to make a display of; to flaunt

Synonyms

• (to show):

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• 喻示 (yùshì)
• 展出 (zhǎnchū)
• 展示 (zhǎnshì)
• 披露 (pīlù)
• 指授 (zhǐshòu) (literary)
• 指明 (zhǐmíng)
• 指示 (zhǐshì)
• 揭示 (jiēshì)
• 明確指出 / 明确指出 (míngquè zhǐchū)
• 顯示 / 显示 (xiǎnshì)

• (to express):

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• 代表 (dàibiǎo)
• 參加 / 参加 (cānjiā)
• 展現 / 展现 (zhǎnxiàn)
• 提出 (tíchū)
• 提起 (tíqǐ)
• 發揮 / 发挥 (fāhuī)
• 發表 / 发表 (fābiǎo)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 致以 (zhìyǐ)
• 表示 (biǎoshì)
• 表述 (biǎoshù)
• 表達 / 表达 (biǎodá)
• 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)

• (to show off):

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• 展品棒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 展風龜 / 展风龟 (Hokkien)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 搬弄 (bānnòng)
• 炫示 (xuànshì)
• 炫耀 (xuànyào)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 誇示 / 夸示 (kuāshì) (literary)
• 賣弄 / 卖弄 (informal)
• 顯示 / 显示 (xiǎnshì)
• 顯要 / 显要 (xiǎnyào)

Noun

表現

1. performance (at school, work, etc.); behaviour; conduct

   表現優異／表现优异  ―  biǎoxiàn yōuyì  ―  to excel

2. expression (of an artistic nature)

   藝術表現形式／艺术表现形式  ―  yìshù biǎoxiàn xíngshì  ―  forms of artistic expression

3. (medicine) presentation

   臨床表現／临床表现  ―  línchuáng biǎoxiàn  ―  clinical presentation

Derived terms

• 表現主義 / 表现主义 (biǎoxiànzhǔyì)
• 表現力 / 表现力 (biǎoxiànlì)
• 表現型 / 表现型 (biǎoxiànxíng)

Related terms

• 體現／体现 (tǐxiàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (表現):

• → Japanese: 表(ひょう)現(げん) (hyōgen)
• → Korean: 표현(表現) (pyohyeon)
• → Vietnamese: biểu hiện (表現)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
表	現
ひょう Grade: 3	げん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひょーげん [hyòógéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ço̞ːɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

表(ひょう)現(げん) • (hyōgen) 

1. expression (by words, facial, attitude)

   文(も)字(じ)を表(ひょう)現(げん)手(しゅ)段(だん)として使(し)用(よう)する

   moji o hyōgen shudan to shite shiyō suru

   use writing as a means of expression

2. representation (of art, play, music)
3. performance (of actor, player, ...)

Derived terms

• 表(ひょう)現(げん)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (hyōgenshugi)
• 表(ひょう)現(げん)派(は) (hyōgenha)
• 正(せい)規(き)表(ひょう)現(げん) (seiki hyōgen, “regular expression”)

Verb

表(ひょう)現(げん)する • (hyōgen suru) suru (stem 表(ひょう)現(げん)し (hyōgen shi), past 表(ひょう)現(げん)した (hyōgen shita))

1. express

Conjugation

Conjugation of "表現する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	表現し	ひょうげんし	hyōgen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	表現し	ひょうげんし	hyōgen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	表現する	ひょうげんする	hyōgen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	表現する	ひょうげんする	hyōgen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	表現すれ	ひょうげんすれ	hyōgen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	表現せよ¹ 表現しろ²	ひょうげんせよ¹ ひょうげんしろ²	hyōgen seyo¹ hyōgen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	表現される	ひょうげんされる	hyōgen sareru
Causative	表現させる 表現さす	ひょうげんさせる ひょうげんさす	hyōgen saseru hyōgen sasu
Potential	表現できる	ひょうげんできる	hyōgen dekiru
Volitional	表現しよう	ひょうげんしよう	hyōgen shiyō
Negative	表現しない	ひょうげんしない	hyōgen shinai
Negative continuative	表現せず	ひょうげんせず	hyōgen sezu
Formal	表現します	ひょうげんします	hyōgen shimasu
Perfective	表現した	ひょうげんした	hyōgen shita
Conjunctive	表現して	ひょうげんして	hyōgen shite
Hypothetical conditional	表現すれば	ひょうげんすれば	hyōgen sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• “表現”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
表	現

Noun

表現 • (pyohyeon) (hangeul 표현)

1. hanja form^? of 표현 (“expression”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
表	現

Noun

表現

1. chữ Hán form of biểu hiện (“expression, manifestation”)

Verb

表現

1. chữ Hán form of biểu hiện (“to express”)