表现
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
表现 (biǎoxiàn) · to perform
表现 (biǎoxiàn) means “to perform; to behave; performance”. It is written with 2 characters: 表 (watch (timepiece)) + 现 (to appear). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 表现 is built
The characters
表 biǎo · watch (timepiece)
What 表 is made of
- 毛máo — hair
- 衣yī — cloth
Origin hint: Fur 毛 clothing 衣; a shawl or wrap (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
现 xiàn · to appear
What 现 is made of
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 见jiàn — to see
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: To see 见 jade 王; 见 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
她在比赛中表现很好。Tā zài bǐsài zhōng biǎoxiàn hěn hǎo.She performed well in the competition.
你这个学期表现怎么样？Nǐ zhège xuéqī biǎoxiàn zěnmeyàng?How did you do this semester?
Questions about 表现
What does 表现 mean?
表现 (biǎoxiàn) means “to perform; to behave; performance”.
How do you pronounce 表现?
表现 is pronounced biǎoxiàn.
Which HSK level is 表现?
表现 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 表示biǎoshìto express
- 手表shǒubiǎowatch (wristwatch)
- 表达biǎodáto express
- 表格biǎogéform
- 表面biǎomiànsurface
- 表明biǎomíngto show
- 表演biǎoyǎnto perform
- 代表dàibiǎorepresentative
- 代表团dàibiǎotuándelegation
- 发表fābiǎoto publish
Learn 表现 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 50: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.