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6 May 2019
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Question about Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
What is the difference between 示 and 表 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 示 and 表 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Is there a difference ? I really can't see it.
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) Near fluent
In modern Chinede, they are more commonly seen forming a compound word “表示” meaning “to indicate”, and “to express”.
One thing you should notice is that in modern Chinese, most compound words like “表示” are the correct expression, as opposed to single characters like “表”, and “示”.
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