表面上

Chinese

		surface; face; external appearance surface; face; external appearance; the superficial aspect; the surface	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
simp. and trad. (表面上)		表面	上

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biǎomiànshang

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄕㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² min⁶ soeng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biǎomiànshang
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄕㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biǎomiànshång
  - Wade–Giles: piao³-mien⁴-shang⁵
  - Yale: byǎu-myàn-shang
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beaumiann.shang
  - Palladius: бяомяньшан (bjaomjanʹšan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mjɛn⁵¹ ʂɑŋ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: biu² min⁶ soeng⁶
  - Yale: bíu mihn seuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: biu² min⁶ soeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: biu² min⁶ sêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ miːn²² sœːŋ²²/

Adverb

表面上

on the surface; seeming as if; apparently; superficially

Synonyms

Synonyms of 表面上

不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
似 (sì) (Classical Chinese, Cantonese)
似乎 (sìhū)
似如 (Xiang)
像 (xiàng)
像是 (xiàngshì)
好似 (hǎosì)
好像 (hǎoxiàng)
好比 (hǎobǐ)
如同 (rútóng)
宛 (wǎn) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
就像 (jiùxiàng)
忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
恍若 (huǎngruò)
敢若 (Min Nan)
敢若是 (Min Nan)
有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
甲像 (Min Nan)
甲像是 (Min Nan)
看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
看似 (kànsì)
若 (ruò) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)

若像 (Min Nan)
象 (xiàng)
貌似 (màosì)
像係／像系 (Hakka)
儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
勝如／胜如 (Wu)
彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
甲親像／甲亲像 (Min Nan)
看來／看来 (kànlái)
看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
若親像／若亲像 (Min Nan)
親像／亲像 (Hakka, Min Nan)
賽可／赛可 (Ningbo)
較像／较像 (Min Nan)
較像是／较像是 (Min Nan)
較親像／较亲像 (Min Nan)
顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)
𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Min Nan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
表	面	上
ひょう Grade: 3	めん Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ço̞ːmẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Adjective

表(ひょう)面(めん)上(じょう) • (hyōmenjō)

on the surface
ostensibly

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