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模樣

模樣

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

Noun

模樣

looks; appearance
她模樣不錯。 / 她模样不错。 ― Tā móyàng bùcuò. ― She is not bad-looking.

References

Duffus, William, "form" (p. 114) in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, English Presbyterian Mission Press, 1883.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): móyàng, múyàng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄤˋ, ㄇㄨˊ ㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ joeng⁶, mou⁴ joeng^6-2
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): bô͘-iūⁿ

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
  - Pinyin: móyàng → móyang (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄤˋ → ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄤ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.yanq
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ i̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ → /mu̯ɔ³⁵ i̯ɑŋ³/
- (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
  - Pinyin: múyàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˊ ㄧㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muyanq
  - IPA ^(key): /mu³⁵ i̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ joeng⁶, mou⁴ joeng^6-2
  - Yale: mòuh yeuhng, mòuh yéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ joeng⁶, mou⁴ joeng^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ jœːŋ²²/, /mou̯²¹ jœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-iūⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: bôo-iūnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bo'viu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²⁴⁻²² iũ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ²⁴⁻²² iũ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ¹³⁻²² iũ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ iũ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ²³⁻³³ iũ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mo⁵ iên⁷ / mo⁵ ion⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô iēⁿ / mô iōⁿ
  - IPA ^(key): /mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩẽ¹¹/, /mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩõ¹¹/
  - Note: mo5 iên7 - Chaozhou.