义项
物体的外层；事物的外在现象
The literal outside of a thing, and the figurative outside of a situation. In the second sense it is almost always in play against 本质, and usually in the frame 表面上 — "on the face of it".
noun
例句
- 桌子表面很干净。桌子表面很乾淨。Zhuōzi (first tone, high and level) biǎomiàn (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) gānjìng. (first tone, high and level)···
The surface of the table is clean.
- 他表面上很平静，其实很着急。他表面上很平靜，其實很著急。Tā (first tone, high and level) biǎomiàn (third tone, dipping) shàng (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) píngjìng, (second tone, rising) qíshí (second tone, rising) hěn (third tone, dipping) zháojí. (second tone, rising)···
On the surface he is calm; in fact he is very anxious.