外表 meaning in English

wàibiǎo

external; outside

HSK 7-9noun13 strokes

Meaning of 外表

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wàibiǎo
  1. external
  2. outside
  3. outward appearance

外表 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

从cóng他tā的de外wài表biǎo来lái看kàn,他tā应yīng该gāi是shì个gè有yǒu钱qián人rén。
Judging from his appearance, he must be a rich man.
外wài表biǎo并bìng不bú是shì全quán部bù。
Appearance isn't all.
从cóng她tā的de外wài表biǎo上shàng看kàn,我wǒ想xiǎng她tā大dà半bàn是shì个gè有yǒu钱qián人rén。
Judging from her appearance, I think that she's rich.
不bù可kě被bèi她tā的de外wài表biǎo蒙mēng骗piàn。
Don't be fooled by her appearance.
外wài表biǎo可kě以yǐ骗piàn人rén。
Looks can be deceptive.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

外 wài · outside · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

表 biǎo · exterior surface · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 外表.

外国wàiguóforeign country
国外guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)
外边wàibianoutside; outer surface
外语wàiyǔforeign language
表示biǎoshì(of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show
以外yǐwàiapart from; other than
手表shǒubiǎowristwatch
外卖wàimài(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business)
外地wàidìparts of the country other than where one is
外面wàimiànoutside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface
代表dàibiǎorepresentative; delegate
表演biǎoyǎnplay; show

Questions about 外表

What does 外表 mean?

外表 (wàibiǎo) means "external; outside" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 外表?

外表 is made of 2 characters: 外 (5 strokes), 表 (8 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 外表 an HSK word?

Yes. 外表 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.