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HSK 4

表格

form; table (grid)

nounneutral
表
biǎo3rd tone
格
gé2nd tone

HSK level

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Pinyin
biǎogé
Part of speech
noun
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
18
Register
neutral
Measure word
张 / 份

Stroke order for 表格

表格 is written with 18 strokes (表: 8, 格: 10). The animation replays automatically.

What does 表格 mean?

表格 (biǎogé) is a noun meaning a 'form' or 'table' — a grid of rows and columns you fill in or read data from.

It covers both paper forms you complete (application forms, registration forms) and structured tables in documents or spreadsheets. English splits these into two words, 'form' and 'table,' but Chinese uses 表格 for both because the shared idea is the ruled grid. The key collocation for learners is 填表格 (tián biǎogé), 'to fill out a form.'

Note that a 'table' of furniture is 桌子 (zhuōzi), an entirely different word; 表格 never means the piece of furniture. In software and data contexts, 表格 is also the standard term for a spreadsheet-style table.

Note: Neutral; the everyday word for a printed or on-screen form and for a data table with rows and columns.

Character by character

表biǎochart; list; table; to show
+
格gégrid; square; frame; pattern
=
表格

Memory hook: A 'chart' (表) made of 'grid squares' (格) — a form you fill in box by box.

Example sentences

请填一下这张表格。

Qǐng tián yíxià zhè zhāng biǎogé.

Please fill out this form.

spoken, polite

我用电脑做了一个表格。

Wǒ yòng diànnǎo zuò le yí ge biǎogé.

I made a table on the computer.

neutral

表格里的信息都要填清楚。

Biǎogé lǐ de xìnxī dōu yào tián qīngchu.

All the information in the form must be filled in clearly.

written

这个表格太复杂了，我不会填。

Zhège biǎogé tài fùzá le, wǒ bú huì tián.

This form is too complicated; I don't know how to fill it out.

spoken

Common phrases with 表格

填表格tián biǎogéto fill out a form
申请表格shēnqǐng biǎogéapplication form
做一个表格zuò yí ge biǎogéto make a table
空白表格kòngbái biǎogéblank form
表格里biǎogé lǐin the table

Synonyms

表biǎo

表 alone can mean 'form/table/chart' and is used in compounds like 报名表 or 课程表. 表格 emphasizes the grid structure as a physical thing you fill out or draw; 表 is the shorter, more compound-forming form.

表单biǎodān

表单 is the technical term for a 'form' in software/web contexts (an online input form). 表格 is broader and covers both paper forms and data tables; 表单 is chiefly digital and interactive.

Don't confuse 表格 with

桌子zhuōzi

桌子 is a 'table' as furniture. 表格 is a 'table' as a grid of data or a form. English 'table' covers both; Chinese keeps them strictly separate.

价格jiàgé

价格 means 'price.' It shares the 格 character but has nothing to do with forms or grids.

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