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

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

looks; appearance (of a person)
她模樣不錯。／她模样不错。 ― Tā múyàng bùcuò. ― She is not bad-looking.
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 (zhǎngxiàng) (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

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)
大致 (dàzhì)
左右 (zuǒyòu)
無慮／无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)
約摸／约摸 (yuēmo)
約略／约略 (yuēlüè)

Derived terms

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)

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