模特兒

See also: 模特儿

Chinese

	imitate; model; norm imitate; model; norm; pattern	special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (模特兒)	模	特	兒
simp. (模特儿)	模	特	儿
alternative forms	模特

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English model.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mótèr, mótè'er

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄜˋㄦ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄜˋ ˙ㄦ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ dak⁶ ji⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô͘-te̍k-lî / mô͘-tia̍k-lî / mô͘-te̍k-jî / bô͘-te̍k-jî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mótèr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄜˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mótèr
  - Wade–Giles: mo²-tʻê⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: mwó-tèr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: motehl
  - Palladius: мотэр (motɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰɤɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mótè'er
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄜˋ ˙ㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mótè-e̊r
  - Wade–Giles: mo²-tʻê⁴-êrh⁵
  - Yale: mwó-tè-er
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moteh.el
  - Palladius: мотээр (motɛer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ dak⁶ ji⁴
  - Yale: mòuh dahk yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ dak⁹ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ deg⁶ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tɐk̚² jiː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-te̍k-lî
  - Tâi-lô: bôo-ti̍k-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bo'deglii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² li²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-tia̍k-lî
  - Tâi-lô: môo-tia̍k-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo'diaglii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tiak̚²⁴⁻² li²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-te̍k-jî
  - Tâi-lô: môo-ti̍k-jî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo'degjii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi¹³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-te̍k-jî
  - Tâi-lô: bôo-ti̍k-jî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bo'degjii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ²³⁻³³ tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² zi²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ¹³⁻²² tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi¹³/

Noun

模特兒

model (person employed to display clothes, or pose for an artist)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 模特兒 (“model (person employed to display clothes or pose for an artist)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		模特兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	模特兒
	Taiwan	模特兒, 麻豆
	Singapore	模特兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	模特兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	模特兒, 摩度
Cantonese	Hong Kong	模特兒, 摩度
Southern Min	Xiamen	模特, 模特兒
	Quanzhou	模特兒
	Zhangzhou	模特兒
Wu	Suzhou	模特兒

References

“模特兒”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.