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Sentence #433684 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 表格 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
表biǎoexterior surface
毛fur · máo
衣clothes · yī
Memory aidFur 毛 on the outside of clothes 衣: the outside, to show.
格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame
木tree · mùMeaning part
各individual · gèSound part
木 hints at the meaning (tree); 各 (gè) hints at the sound. Compare it with gé.
How to write 表格
表 8 strokes · 格 10 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 表格 (biǎogé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
表格 (biǎogé) means “form” or “table”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it biǎogé: biǎo with a 3rd tone, then gé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 表格 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 张 (zhāng) or 份 (fèn). For example, one form is 一张表格 (yì zhāng biǎogé).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biaoge with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 表格 from the suggestions. Typing biaoge into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
表格 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
表biǎo3rd tone, dipping
格gé2nd tone, rising
