外表 wàibiǎo▶ vẻ ngoài

Stroke order

外表 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 外 — 5 strokes
• 表 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. external
2. outside
3. outward appearance

Related words

• 例外ngoại lệ
• 外向Hướng ngoại
• 外界bên ngoài
• 外行Người thường, người không chuyên
• 表决bỏ phiếu; phiếu bầu
• 表彰khen ngợi; trích dẫn

外表 is pronounced wàibiǎo and means “vẻ ngoài”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 外表 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.