表情

Chinese

		surface; exterior; to watch surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (表情)		表	情
simp. #(表情)		表	情

Etymology

Attestable since at least the Eastern Han Dynasty in the sense "to express one's feelings".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎoqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² cing⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): péu-chhìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): piáu-chêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biao² cêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎoqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎocíng
    • Wade–Giles: piao³-chʻing²
    • Yale: byǎu-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beauchyng
    • Palladius: бяоцин (bjaocin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu² cing⁴
    • Yale: bíu chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu² tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu² qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-chhìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: beu^ˋ qin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ qin²
    • Sinological IPA: /peu̯³¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piawzeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biao² cêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piáu tshêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

表情

1. expression (on one's face)

Synonyms

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• 情態 / 情态 (qíngtài) (literary)
• 目頭 / 目头 (Hokkien)
• 神情 (shénqíng)
• 神態 / 神态 (shéntài)
• 神色 (shénsè)
• 臉相 / 脸相 (liǎnxiàng)
• 臉色 / 脸色 (liǎnsè)
• 面昌 (Hokkien)
• 面神 (Hokkien)
• 面色 (miànsè)

 

Verb

表情

1. (literary) to express one's feelings

Derived terms

• 微表情 (wēibiǎoqíng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
表	情
ひょう Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひょーじょー [hyòójóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ço̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

表(ひょう)情(じょう) • (hyōjō) 

1. expression (facial, bodily, etc.)
   • 1934, 三好十郎, 斬られの仙太:

     明(あか)るいノンキな表情(ひょうじょう)をしている。

     Akarui nonki na hyōjō o shiteiru.

     She has a cheerful, carefree expression.

Korean

Hanja in this term
表	情

Noun

表情 • (pyojeong) (hangeul 표정)

1. hanja form^? of 표정 (“expression”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
表	情

Noun

表情

1. chữ Hán form of biểu tình (“demonstration”).

Verb

表情

1. chữ Hán form of biểu tình (“to demonstrate”).