地表(ちひょう)

ちひょう
noun
earth's surface; ground surface
1. earth's surface; ground surface
The outermost surface of the earth. Used in geography, science, and general descriptions of things on or near the ground level.
地表(ちひょう)の温度(おんど)が上昇(じょうしょう)した。
The surface temperature rose.
雨水(あまみず)が地表(ちひょう)を流(なが)れていく。
Rainwater flows across the ground surface.
地表(ちひょう)から数(すう)メートルの深(ふか)さに遺跡(いせき)が発見(はっけん)された。
Ruins were discovered at a depth of several meters from the surface.

地表(ちひょう) refers to the outermost surface of the earth. Commonly used in scientific, geographical, and environmental contexts.

WORD FORMATION:
地(ち) (earth, ground) + 表(ひょう) (surface). Compare with 海面(かいめん) (海(うみ) + 面(めん) = sea surface).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 地表(ちひょう)温度(おんど): ground surface temperature
  • 地表(ちひょう)に近(ちか)い: near the surface
  • 地表(ちひょう)付近(ふきん): vicinity of the surface
  • 地表(ちひょう)を覆(おお)う: to cover the surface
  • 地表(ちひょう)に到達(とうたつ)する: to reach the surface

RELATED WORDS:

  • 地下(ちか): underground (below the surface)
  • 地中(ちちゅう): in the ground (embedded)
  • 地面(じめん): the ground (everyday word for ground surface)
  • 海面(かいめん): sea surface

地表(ちひょう) is more scientific/formal than 地面(じめん), which is the everyday word for the ground you walk on.

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Added 2026.3.22 9:43 · Revised 2026.4.5 20:45
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