表情

Chinese
 
surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external
 
feeling; emotion; passion; situation
simp. and trad.
(表情)		 表 情

Etymology

Attestable since at least the Eastern Han Dynasty in the sense "to express one's feelings". Modern sense "expression on one's face" possibly wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 表 (ひょう)情 (じょう) (hyōjō).

Pronunciation

Noun

表情

  1. expression (on one's face)

Verb

表情

  1. (literary) to express one's feelings

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
表 情
ひょう
Grade: 3		 じょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

表情 (hiragana ひょうじょう, rōmaji hyōjō)

  1. expression (facial, bodily, etc.)
    • 1934, 三好十郎, 斬られの仙太:
      明 (あか)るいノンキな表 (ひょう)情 (じょう)をしている。
      Akarui nonki na hyōjō o shiteiru.
      She has a cheerful, carefree expression.

Korean
Hanja in this term
表情

Noun

表情 • (pyojeong) (hangeul 표정)

  1. Hanja form? of 표정 (“expression”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
表情

Noun

表情

  1. Hán tự form of biểu tình (“demonstration”).

Verb

表情

  1. Hán tự form of biểu tình (“to demonstrate”).
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