显 xiǎn clear

源How it came to be

The sun over fine silk threads, held up to the light. Light through silk shows whether the weave is even. The character is a test, and it means the thing showed.

用用法

• Core meaning "to show/be evident"; rarely a standalone word, mostly a productive building block.
• 显得 xiǎnde is a verb that takes an adjective and means "comes across as/seems" based on outward appearance - 她今天显得很累 tā jīntiān xiǎnde hěn lèi, "she seems very tired today".
• 显然 xiǎnrán is a sentence-initial adverb for "clearly/obviously", stating the speaker's own conclusion, distinct from 好像 hǎoxiàng (seems, based on uncertain evidence).
• 显示 xiǎnshì is neutral "to display/indicate" (screens, data, results), while 显得 is about subjective impression - don't swap them.

字含“显”的汉字

• 湿 wet

词含“显”的词语

• 明显míngxiǎnclearHSK 5
• 显得xiǎndeto seemHSK 5
• 显然xiǎnránclearlyHSK 5
• 显示xiǎnshìto showHSK 5
• 显著xiǎnzhùoutstandingHSK 6
• 凸显tūxiǎnto stand out clearlyHSK 8
• 显微镜xiǎnwēijìngmicroscopeHSK 8
• 显性xiǎnxìngvisibleHSK 9
• 显现xiǎnxiànappearanceHSK 9
• 显眼xiǎnyǎnconspicuousHSK 9
• 显示器xiǎnshìqìdisplay deviceHSK 9
• 显而易见xiǎn’éryìjiànclearly and easy to see (idiom)HSK 9
• 显赫xiǎnhèillustriousHSK 9
• 显露xiǎnlùto become visibleHSK 9
• 浅显qiǎnxiǎneasy to understandHSK 9