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 (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)

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