EXPRESS  表達

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Hypernym
  • SHOWACT so as to TRY TO CAUSE something TO be PERCEIVED OR UNDERSTOOD.
    • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
Modern Chinese Criteria
表示 is the most general word for expressing something.

闡明 focusses on the making plain and very clear for others what one expresses.

闡述 focusses on the act of transmission involved in the expression of something.

流露 "divulge" refers to expressing something that one should not necessarily have expressed.

表白 refers to expressing oneself, typically with the purpose of self-justification.

表明 focusses on the demonstrative side of expressing something.

表達 focusses on the efficacy of the transmission of what is expressed.

Words

致  zhì OC: k-liɡs MC: ʈi 5 AttributionsWD
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  • vtoNgive expression to (one's opinion; one's thoughts)
足  zú OC: tsoɡ MC: tsi̯ok 2 AttributionsWD
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  • vtoNserve satisfactorily; give satisfactory expression for, make satisfactorily explicit; do justice to
發  fā OC: pod MC: pi̯ɐt 2 AttributionsWD
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  • vtoNgive expression to, evince, reveal
言  yán MC: ngjon OC: ŋanCH 2 AttributionsWD
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  • nabactexpressing oneselfCH
  • vtoNput into wordsCH
舉  jǔ MC: kjoX OC: klaʔCH 1 AttributionWD
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  • vtoNmiddle voicebe expressed, be made explicit for others to understandCH
放言  fàng yán MC: pjangH ngjon OC: paŋs ŋanCH 1 AttributionWD
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  • VPiactexpress oneself without restraint, speak up freelyCH
志  zhì OC: kljɯs MC: tɕɨ 0 AttributionsWD
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  • vtoNLIJI: express (ideas, feelings)
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
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  • vtoNmiddle voicebe expressed, be made explicit for others to understandCH

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