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    Expressing "to show" or "to display" with 显示 (xiǎnshì)

    Actions & Events
    Result & Consequence

    Structure

    Subject + 显示 + Clause

    Explanation

    The verb 显示 (xiǎnshì) means "to show," "to display," or "to indicate," often used when data, research, or evidence reveals something. It is common in formal and analytical writing to introduce findings or results. For example, a price index may 显示 that energy prices have risen.

    Examples

    • 调查结果显示大多数人支持这项政策。

      Diàochá jiéguǒ xiǎnshì dàduōshù rén zhīchí zhè xiàng zhèngcè.

      Survey results show that most people support this policy.

    • 数据显示今年的出生率创下了新低。

      Shùjù xiǎnshì jīnnián de chūshēnglǜ chuàngxià le xīn dī.

      Data shows that this year's birth rate has hit a new low.

    • 屏幕上显示的信息跟我之前看到的不一样。

      Píngmù shàng xiǎnshì de xìnxī gēn wǒ zhīqián kàn dào de bù yīyàng.

      The information displayed on the screen is different from what I saw before.

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