Chinese symbol for “superficially”
表面上
biǎo miàn shang
outwardly; superficially; on the face of it
The closest CC-CEDICT match for superficially is 表面上 (biǎo miàn shang), defined as: outwardly; superficially; on the face of it.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 表面上.
| 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 |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect; aspect |
| 里面 (裏面) | lǐ miàn | variant of 里面 (lǐ miàn) |
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned |
See also: Japanese symbol for “superficially”.
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.