HSK 5 · Verbs

表明 biǎomíng “to make clear” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 表明 means

  1. to make clear
  2. to make known
  3. to state clearly
  4. to indicate
  5. known

How to say 表明

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale表biǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale明míng2nd tone, rising

表明 in a sentence

  1. 所有迹象表明她好起来了。

    Suǒyǒu jìxiàng biǎomíng tā hǎo qǐlai le.

    All the signs show that she’s getting better.

    Sentence #332666 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这表明我们对自身的认知很少。

    Zhè biǎomíng wǒmen duì zìshēn de rènzhī hěn shǎo.

    This shows how little we know about ourselves.

    Sentence #5690291 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 数据表明年轻人抽烟的现象没有减少。

    Shùjù biǎomíng niánqīngrén chōuyān de xiànxiàng méiyǒu jiǎnshǎo.

    The data show that smoking among young people hasn’t decreased.

    Sentence #332928 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 表明 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.

The character 表 (biǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
表biǎoexterior surface
  • 毛fur · máo
  • 衣clothes · yī

Memory aidFur 毛 on the outside of clothes 衣: the outside, to show.

The character 明 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
明míngbright
  • 日sun · rì
  • 月moon · yuè

Memory aidThe light of the sun 日 and the moon 月 together: bright.

How to write 表明

表 8 strokes · 明 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

表明 (biǎomíng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 表明 (biǎomíng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 表明

Words with 表

手表shǒubiǎo · watch表示biǎoshì · to express表扬biǎoyáng · to praise表演biǎoyǎn · to perform表格biǎogé · form表达biǎodá · to express表现biǎoxiàn · to show代表dàibiǎo · representative表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression发表fābiǎo · to issue

Words with 明

明天míngtiān · tomorrow明年míngnián · next year明白míngbai · clear聪明cōngming · intelligent说明shuōmíng · to explain证明zhèngmíng · proof明确míngquè · clear发明fāmíng · to invent光明guāngmíng · bright明显míngxiǎn · clear

More words: Common Verbs

保持bǎochí · to keep保存bǎocún · to conserve背bēi · to carry on one’s back避免bìmiǎn · to avoid表现biǎoxiàn · to show补充bǔchōng · to replenish采取cǎiqǔ · to adopt or carry out (measures踩cǎi · to step on

FAQs

表明 (biǎomíng) means “to make clear” or “to make known”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it biǎomíng: biǎo with a 3rd tone, then míng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 表明 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biaoming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 表明 from the suggestions. Typing biaoming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
表明 is an HSK 5 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.