表达式

表達式
biǎodáshì
noun #37,266

Meanings

  1. 1 expression (math)
  2. 2 expression (programming, regex)
  3. 3 formula

Examples

HSK 7-9
Qǐng huàjiǎn xiàmiàn de dàishù biǎodáshì.
Please simplify the following algebraic expression.
HSK 7-9
Zhè duàn dàimǎ yòng le yí ge zhèngzé biǎodáshì.
This code uses a regular expression.

Tips

usage
表达式 is the technical 'expression' - math, programming, logic. For 'expression' in the sense of facial look, use 表情; for verbal phrasing, 说法 or 表达 the verb. Common collocates: 正则表达式 (regex), 代数表达式 (algebraic expression), 布尔表达式 (Boolean expression), Lambda 表达式.
memory
Reads as 表达 'to express' + 'form.' Same suffix as 公式 ('formula') and 等式 ('equation') - anything formal-mathematical takes .

Stroke Order

biǎo
shì