表述
biǎoshù
to state; to formulate in words
Characters in this word
述 shù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 术 skill, art
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 报告对问题的表述过于含糊，无法作为追责依据。 Bàogào duì wèntí de biǎoshù guòyú hánhú, wúfǎ zuòwéi zhuīzé yījù. The report's wording on the issue is too vague to serve as a basis for assigning responsibility.
- 他很会表述自己的想法，听的人一下就明白了。 Tā hěn huì biǎoshù zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ, tīng de rén yíxià jiù míngbai le. He is good at expressing his ideas, and listeners understand right away.
- 同一个意思，换一种表述会更容易让人接受。 Tóng yí ge yìsi, huàn yì zhǒng biǎoshù huì gèng róngyì ràng rén jiēshòu. The same idea is easier for people to accept if it is phrased differently.
Related words
- 表 biǎo watch
- 表示 biǎoshì to express; to show
- 手表 shǒubiǎo wristwatch
- 表达 biǎodá to express
- 表格 biǎogé form; table
- 表面 biǎomiàn surface
- 表明 biǎomíng to show; to make clear
- 表现 biǎoxiàn to perform; to show how one does
- 表演 biǎoyǎn to perform; performance
- 代表 dàibiǎo representative; to represent
- 代表团 dàibiǎotuán delegation
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly