Chinese symbol for “expression”
表情
biǎo qíng
(facial) expression; to express one's feelings
The closest CC-CEDICT match for expression is 表情 (biǎo qíng), defined as: (facial) expression; to express one's feelings.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “expression”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表达式 (表達式) | biǎo dá shì | expression (math.) |
| 神色 | shén sè | expression; look |
| 神气 (神氣) | shén qì | expression; manner |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 表现 (表現) | biǎo xiàn | to show; to show off |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 表情.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 表现 (表現) | biǎo xiàn | to show; to show off |
| 发表 (發表) | fā biǎo | to issue; to publish |
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | play; show |
| 表达 (表達) | biǎo dá | to express; to convey |
| 情况 (情況) | qíng kuàng | circumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng) |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “expression”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.