表示

Chinese

		surface; exterior; to watch surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external	to show; reveal
trad. (表示)		表	示
simp. #(表示)		表	示

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² si⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): péu-sṳ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): biau³ si⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): piáu-sī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biao² si⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵piau-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: piao³-shih⁴
    • Yale: byǎu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beaushyh
    • Palladius: бяоши (bjaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu² si⁶
    • Yale: bíu sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: beu^ˋ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /peu̯³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: biau³ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /piau³¹ sz̩⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-sī
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piawsi
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /piau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /piau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /piau⁴²⁻²⁴ si²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biao² si⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piáu sī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piau⁵²⁻³⁵ si¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵piau-zy
    • MiniDict: piau^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²piau-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Verb

表示

1. to express; to state; to indicate; to opine; to declare

   表示感謝／表示感谢  ―  biǎoshì gǎnxiè  ―  to express thanks

   表示恭喜  ―  biǎoshì gōngxǐ  ―  to express congratulations

   表示深切哀悼  ―  biǎoshì shēnqiè āidào  ―  to express one's deep condolences

2. to mean; to signify

Synonyms

• (to express):

edit

• 代表 (dàibiǎo)
• 參加 / 参加 (cānjiā)
• 展現 / 展现 (zhǎnxiàn)
• 提出 (tíchū)
• 提起 (tíqǐ)
• 發揮 / 发挥 (fāhuī)
• 發表 / 发表 (fābiǎo)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 致以 (zhìyǐ)
• 表現 / 表现 (biǎoxiàn)
• 表述 (biǎoshù)
• 表達 / 表达 (biǎodá)
• 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)

• (to mean):

edit

• 表明 (biǎomíng)
• 說明 / 说明 (shuōmíng)

Noun

表示

1. indication; gesture

Derived terms

• 意思表示 (yìsi biǎoshì)

Related terms

• 體現／体现 (tǐxiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
表	示
ひょう Grade: 3	じ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

/peud͡ʑi/ → /feud͡ʑi/ → /heud͡ʑi/ → /hjoːd͡ʑi/

From Middle Chinese compound 表示 (pjew^X zyij^H, literally “exterior, surface + show something”). Compare modern Min Nan piáu-sī, Mandarin biǎoshì.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひょーじ [hyòójí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ひょーじ [hyóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ço̞ːʑi]

Noun

表(ひょう)示(じ) • (hyōji) 

1. expression, statement, indication, display (text as shown)

   表示(ひょうじ)価格(かかく)

   hyōji kakaku

   displayed price, price as indicated

2. (computers) view; display (the display itself, the act of displaying)

Verb

表(ひょう)示(じ)する • (hyōji suru) transitive suru (stem 表(ひょう)示(じ)し (hyōji shi), past 表(ひょう)示(じ)した (hyōji shita))

1. to express, to indicate
2. to display
   • 2024 May 30, 伊波洋一, quotee, “第213回国会　参議院　外交防衛委員会　第16号　令和6年5月30日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館, retrieved 29 December 2025:

     日常会話もままならない、テレビも音が聞こえず、字幕を表示して見る、そんな日常を想像してみてください。

     Nichijō kaiwa mo mamanaranai, terebi mo oto ga kikoezu, jimaku o hyōji shite miru, sonna nichijō o sōzō shite mite kudasai.

     Imagine your daily life being unable to hold a normal conversation, unable to hear the sound of the TV, and having to watch it with subtitles displayed.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "表示する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	表示し	ひょうじし	hyōji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	表示し	ひょうじし	hyōji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	表示する	ひょうじする	hyōji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	表示する	ひょうじする	hyōji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	表示すれ	ひょうじすれ	hyōji sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	表示せよ¹ 表示しろ²	ひょうじせよ¹ ひょうじしろ²	hyōji seyo¹ hyōji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	表示される	ひょうじされる	hyōji sareru
Causative	表示させる 表示さす	ひょうじさせる ひょうじさす	hyōji saseru hyōji sasu
Potential	表示できる	ひょうじできる	hyōji dekiru
Volitional	表示しよう	ひょうじしよう	hyōji shiyō
Negative	表示しない	ひょうじしない	hyōji shinai
Negative continuative	表示せず	ひょうじせず	hyōji sezu
Formal	表示します	ひょうじします	hyōji shimasu
Perfective	表示した	ひょうじした	hyōji shita
Conjunctive	表示して	ひょうじして	hyōji shite
Hypothetical conditional	表示すれば	ひょうじすれば	hyōji sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “表示”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
表	示

Noun

表示 • (pyosi) (hangeul 표시)

1. hanja form^? of 표시 (“expression, token”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
表	示

Verb

表示

1. chữ Hán form of biểu thị (“to indicate; signify; display”)