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手表shǒu biǎo
watch
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 手表 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 手錶 | ||
| 手錶 | shǒubiǎo | |
| 1. n. wristwatch | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| watch | ||
| 1. 表 | ||
| 2. 注意 | ||
| 3. 警戒 | ||
| 4. 不眠不休 | ||
| 5. 值班人 | ||
| 6. 更 | ||
| 7. 守望 | ||
| 8. 值夜 | ||
| 9. 照顾 | ||
| 10. 看 | ||
| 11. 注意看 | ||
| Components | ||
| 手 | shǒu | |
| 1. hand | ||
| 2. expert; master | ||
| 高手 - master | ||
| 3. -ist; -er | ||
| 歌手 - singer | ||
| 4. convenient; handy; portable | ||
| 手機 - mobile phone | ||
| 手冊 - handbook | ||
| 5. handwritten | ||
| 6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling | ||
| 7. (Mainland China Hokkien) | ||
| 8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general) | ||
| 9. (finance) | ||
| 10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively. | ||
| 表 | biǎo | |
| 1. (obsolete) outer garment | ||
| 2. surface; outside; exterior | ||
| 外表 - outward appearance - | ||
| 月表 - surface of the moon - | ||
| 虛有其表 - to look impressive but lack real worth - | ||
| 表裡不一 - to think in one way but speak and act in another - | ||
| 3. table; list | ||
| 價目表 - price list - | ||
| 4. form (blank document to be filled in) | ||
| 申請 表 - application form - | ||
| 填表 - to fill in a form - | ||
| 5. to show; to express; to display | ||
| 表達 - to express - | ||
| 深 表 同情 - to show deep sympathy - | ||
| 6. model; example | ||
| 為wéi人師表 - to set an example for others to learn - | ||
| 7. (historical) memorial to the throne; petition to the emperor | ||
| 出師 表 - Chu Shi Biao - (either of two memorials written by Zhuge Liang and presented to Liu Shan) | ||
| 8. relationship with the children of one's mother's or paternal grandmother's siblings or the children of one's father's or paternal grandfather's sisters | ||
| 表哥 - male cousin (mother's sibling's or father's sister's son older than oneself) - | ||
| 姨表 - maternal cousin (mother's sister's child) - | ||
| 9. Simplified form of 錶 | ||
| 10. (Mainland, internet slang) Alternative form of 不要 (do not; don't) | ||
| 錶 | biǎo | |
| 1. watch (portable timepiece) | ||
| 懷錶 - pocket watch | ||
| 2. (specifically) wristwatch | ||
| 3. gauge; meter; instrument | ||
| 水錶 - water meter | ||
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Pronunciation
shǒu biǎo
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