模樣

See also: 模様

Chinese

		imitate; model; norm imitate; model; norm; pattern	manner; pattern; way manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape
trad. (模樣)		模	樣
simp. (模样)		模	样

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): múyàng, móyàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˊ ㄧㄤˋ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ joeng⁶ / mou⁴ joeng^6-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô͘-iūⁿ / bô͘-iōⁿ / mô͘-iūⁿ / mô͘-iōⁿ / mô͘-iāuⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵ iên⁷ / mo⁵ ion⁷

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶mo-yan₆ / ²mo-yan₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: múyàng → múyang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˊ ㄧㄤˋ → ㄇㄨˊ ˙ㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: múyång
    • Wade–Giles: mu²-yang⁵
    • Yale: mú-yang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mu.yanq
    • Palladius: муян (mujan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu³⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹/ → /mu³⁵ jɑŋ³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móyàng → móyang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄤˋ → ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móyång
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-yang⁵
    • Yale: mwó-yang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.yanq
    • Palladius: моян (mojan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹/ → /mu̯ɔ³⁵ jɑŋ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ joeng⁶ / mou⁴ joeng^6-2
    • Yale: mòuh yeuhng / mòuh yéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ joeng⁶ / mou⁴ joeng^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ yêng⁶ / mou⁴ yêng^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jœːŋ²²/, /mou̯²¹ jœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-iūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: bôo-iūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bo'viu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ²³⁻³³ iũ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ²⁴⁻²² iũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²⁴⁻²² iũ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ iũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-iōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: bôo-iōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bo'vioi
    • IPA (Tainan): /bɔ²⁴⁻³³ iɔ̃³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ¹³⁻²² iɔ̃²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-iūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: môo-iūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'viu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² iũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² iũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-iōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: môo-iōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'vioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² iɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Penang): /mɔ²³⁻²¹ iɔ̃²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-iāuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: môo-iāunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'viau
    • IPA (Penang): /mɔ²³⁻²¹ iãu²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mo⁵ iên⁷ / mo⁵ ion⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô iēⁿ / mô iōⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩẽ¹¹/, /mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩõ¹¹/

Note: mo5 iên7 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mo-yan₆
    • MiniDict: mo^去 yan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mo-hhian₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²² ɦiã⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²mo-yan₆
    • MiniDict: mo^平 yan^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mo²² ɦiã³³/

Noun

模樣

1. looks; appearance (of a person)

   她模樣不錯。／她模样不错。  ―  Tā múyàng bùcuò.  ―  She is not bad-looking.

2. situation; appearance; circumstance

Synonyms

• (looks):

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• 人才 (réncái)
• 儀容 / 仪容 (yíróng) (of a person)
• 儀表 / 仪表 (yíbiǎo) (of a person)
• 外形 (wàixíng)
• 外相 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 外範 / 外范 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 外表 (wàibiǎo)
• 外觀 / 外观 (wàiguān)
• 外貌 (wàimào)
• 姿容 (zīróng)
• 容貌 (róngmào, “facial features”)
• 容顏 / 容颜 (róngyán, “facial features”)
• 尊容 (zūnróng) (ironic or honorific, of a person)
• 尪仔頭 / 尪仔头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 形容 (xíngróng, “facial appearance”) (literary)
• 形貌 (xíngmào)
• 樣子 / 样子 (yàngzi)
• 樣貌 / 样貌 (yàngmào)
• 相貌 (xiàngmào) (of a person)
• 瞻視 / 瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)
• 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 觀瞻 / 观瞻 (guānzhān)
• 貌相 (màoxiàng) (of a person)
• 賣相 / 卖相 (màixiàng) (originally Wu)
• 長相 / 长相 (of a person)
• 面容 (miànróng, “facial features”)
• 面容仔 (“facial features”) (Hakka)
• 面水 (Hokkien)
• 面貌 (miànmào)
• 顏容 / 颜容 (yánróng, “facial features”)
• 體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)

• (situation):

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• 事態 / 事态 (shìtài) (especially negative)
• 光景 (guāngjǐng)
• 光陰 / 光阴 (guāngyīn) (Classical)
• 勢面 / 势面 (Hokkien)
• 境地 (jìngdì) (chiefly undesirable)
• 境況 / 境况 (jìngkuàng) (usually economic)
• 境遇 (jìngyù) (usually negative)
• 局勢 / 局势 (júshì)
• 局面 (júmiàn)
• 形勢 / 形势 (xíngshì)
• 情勢 / 情势 (qíngshì)
• 情境 (qíngjìng)
• 情態 / 情态 (qíngtài)
• 情況 / 情况 (qíngkuàng)
• 情狀 / 情状 (qíngzhuàng) (literary)
• 情節 / 情节 (qíngjié) (of a crime or mistake)
• 景況 / 景况 (jǐngkuàng) (chiefly of an economy or individual)
• 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
• 板面 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 樣子 / 样子 (yàngzi)
• 狀況 / 状况 (zhuàngkuàng)

Adverb

模樣

1. usually used after a numeral-classifier compound to express an estimated time: around; about

   一個一歲模樣的孩子向我們蹣跚地走來。 [MSC, trad.]
   一个一岁模样的孩子向我们蹒跚地走来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīge yī suì móyàng de háizi xiàng wǒmen pánshān de zǒulái. [Pinyin]

   A roughly one-year-old child came staggering towards us.

Synonyms

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• 上下 (shàngxià)
• 光景 (guāngjǐng)
• 前後 / 前后 (qiánhòu) (of a point in or period of time)
• 參差 / 参差 (cēncī) (literary)
• 大抵 (dàdǐ)
• 大概 (dàgài)
• 大率 (dàshuài) (literary)
• 大約 / 大约 (dàyuē)
• 大約摸 / 大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
• 大約摸捉 / 大约摸捉 (Shanghainese)
• 大約莫 / 大约莫 (colloquial)
• 大致 (dàzhì)
• 左右 (zuǒyòu)
• 無慮 / 无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)
• 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
• 約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)
• 約莫 / 约莫 (yuēmo)

Derived terms

• 不成模樣 / 不成模样
• 中注模樣 / 中注模样
• 俏模樣 / 俏模样
• 小模樣兒 / 小模样儿

References

• Duffus, William (1883) “form”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 114

Japanese

Kanji in this term
模	樣
も Grade: 6	よう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 模樣 – see the following entry.

【模様もよう】 [noun] pattern; design [noun] (go) a large framework of potential territory

(This term, 模樣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
模	樣

Noun

模樣 • (moyang) (hangeul 모양)

1. hanja form^? of 모양 (“shape, appearance”)