标 (biāo): mark, sign, label

标 (biāo) is a Chinese character meaning “mark.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 示 (structural). It ranks #473 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 标 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. mark
  2. sign
  3. label

Etymology & Origin

标

pictophoneticwood

Decomposition: ⿰木示 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 标

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
目标nounmù biāotarget4
标准noun/adjectivebiāo zhǔnstandard4
标志noun/verbbiāo zhìsign5
标题nounbiāo títitle5
商标nounshāng biāotrademark6
鼠标nounshǔ biāo(computing) mouse5

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
标记verbbiāo jìsign
标签nounbiāo qiānlabel
坐标zuò biāovariant of 座標|坐标
锦标赛nounjǐn biāo sàichampionship contest
标语nounbiāo yǔwritten slogan
标识biāo shíidentifying mark, sign, label etc
标本nounbiāo běnspecimen
国标舞guó biāo wǔinternational standard ballroom dancing
标志性nounbiāo zhì xìngiconic
投标verbtóu biāoto bid
指标nounzhǐ biāo(production) target
路标nounlù biāoroad sign
浮标nounfú biāobuoy
标价verbbiāo jiàto mark the price
标注verbbiāo zhùto mark out
103
Total compounds
51
As first character
47
As last character
2
As middle character

标 appears in 103 compound words: 51 as the first character, 47 as the last, and 2 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 标 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

坐zuò
0.64036,588 co-occurrences
准zhǔn
0.638105,990 co-occurrences
锦jǐn
0.59929,712 co-occurrences
赤chì
0.54715,466 co-occurrences
目mù
0.54065,431 co-occurrences
识shí
0.51912,642 co-occurrences
题tí
0.51519,828 co-occurrences
志zhì
0.49446,519 co-occurrences
赛sài
0.48531,096 co-occurrences
记jì
0.45615,838 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (7)

标点符号biāodiǎn fúhàoHSK 4+

punctuation mark

noun
国际音标guójì yīnbiāoHSK 4+

the International Phonetic Alphabet

价值标准jià zhí biāo zhǔnHSK 4+

values; standards

phrase
交通标志jiāotōng biāozhìHSK 4+

roadsign; signpost

noun
游标卡尺yóubiāo kǎchǐHSK 5+

vernier caliper

noun
直角坐标zhí jiǎo zuò biāoHSK 4+

rectangular coordinates; Cartesian coordinates

phrase
注册商标zhùcè shāngbiāoHSK 5+

registered trademark

noun

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这个标志表示禁止停车,请注意遵守。

Zhè gè biāozhì biǎoshì jìnzhǐ tíngchē, qǐng zhùyì zūnshǒu.

This sign indicates no parking; please pay attention and comply.

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忻 zhōu shì fáng dì chǎn shì chǎng duō xiàng zhǐ biāo jū quán shěng shǒu wèi

Xinzhou real estate market tops the province in a number of indicators

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liè guó jiàn jì zhě guàn chá shí pǐn tiē shǎng jǐng shì biāo qiān zhì lì yù quán mín shòu shēn . .

China's foreign policy: Chile wants to reduce the number of people in the country...

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超标近2000倍 日本石川县一处地下水检出高...

chāo biāo jìn bèi rì běn shí chuān xiàn yī chǔ dì xià shuǐ jiǎn chū gāo . . .

Groundwater in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, found to contain high levels of... Exceeding standards by nearly 2,000 times

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yǔ shù kē jì wáng xīng xīng jīn nián yǔ shù kē jì de mù biāo chū huò liáng zài mò . .

Wang Xingxing of Yushu Technology: This year, Yushu Technology's target shipment volume is 10,000 to 20,000 units.

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diǎn liàng zhōng guó hóng ! yīng guó dì biāo lún dūn yǎn pī shǎng zhōng guó chūn jié zhuāng bàn

Light Up China Red! London Eye Dons Chinese New Year Decorations

Tatoeba

要不要买个无线鼠标呢?

Yàobù yào mǎi gè wúxiàn shǔbiāo ne?

Should I buy a wireless mouse?

Tatoeba

自我怀疑是聪明的第一标志。

Zìwǒ huáiyí shì cōngming de dìyī biāozhì.

To have doubts about oneself is the first sign of intelligence.

Tatoeba

第一次攻击错过了目标。

Dìyīcì gōngjī cuòguò le mùbiāo.

The first attack missed the target.

Tatoeba

晶体管的发明标志着一个新时代的开始。

Jīngtǐguǎn de fāmíng biāozhì zhe yī gè xīnshídài de kāishǐ.

The invention of the transistor marked a new era.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 木 (wood) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced biāo

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 标 (biāo) mean in Chinese?
标 (biāo) primarily means "mark." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #473 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 标 and 漂?
标 (biāo) and 漂 (piāo) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 木 vs 氵 (same 票 component).
How many strokes does 标 have?
标 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 标?
The radical associated with 标 is 木 (tree). This radical appears in many characters related to tree.
What are the components of 标?
标 is composed of: 木 (semantic), 示 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰木示 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 标?
Common words with 标 include: 目标 (mù biāo, "target"); 标准 (biāo zhǔn, "standard"); 标记 (biāo jì, "sign"); 标志 (biāo zhì, "sign"); 标签 (biāo qiān, "label"). There are over 103 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 标 (biāo)?
Several characters share the pronunciation biāo: 镖 (dart-like throwing weapon), 表 (exterior surface), 飙 ((literary) very strong wind). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 标 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 标 and the traditional form is 標.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.