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

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• 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): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ 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

1. on the surface; seeming as if; apparently; superficially

Synonyms

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 如同 (rútóng)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 敢若是 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)

 

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) 

1. on the surface
2. ostensibly