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
simp. and trad. (表情)		表	情

Etymology

Attestable since at least the Eastern Han Dynasty in the sense "to express one's feelings". Modern sense "expression on one's face" possibly wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 表 (ひょう)情 (じょう) (hyōjō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biǎoqíng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² cing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): péu-chhìn
Min Nan (POJ): piáu-chêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: biǎoqíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beauchyng
  - IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: biu² cing⁴
  - Yale: bíu chìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: biu² tsing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: biu² qing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-chhìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: beu` qinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ qin²
  - IPA: /pe̯u³¹ t͡ɕʰin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: piáu-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piawzeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²³/

Noun

表情

expression (on one's face)

Verb

表情

(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

Noun

表情 (hiragana ひょうじょう, rōmaji hyōjō)

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 (ひょう)情 (じょう)をしている。
  Akarui nonki na hyōjō o shiteiru.
  She has a cheerful, carefree expression.

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