体表

體表
tǐbiǎo
noun #35,843

Meanings

  1. 1 body surface
  2. 2 outside of the body
  3. 3 (literary) bearing / appearance

Examples

Tǐbiǎo wēndù bǐ kǒuqiāng wēndù dī yìxiē.
Body surface temperature is slightly lower than oral temperature.
Yīshēng jiǎnchá le bìngrén de tǐbiǎo shìfǒu yǒu shāngkǒu.
The doctor examined the patient's body surface for wounds.

Tips

usage
体表 is mostly medical/anatomical — 'the surface of the body'. You'll see it in clinical contexts (体表温度 'surface temperature', 体表面积 'body surface area'). The literary sense 'a person's bearing' is rare in modern usage.

Stroke Order

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