模樣

简 模样 · 繁 模樣
Mandarin · pinyin mú yàng

Meanings

  1. look
  2. style
  3. appearance
  4. approximation
  5. about
  6. Classifier: 個 gè
  7. also pr. mó yàng
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Characters in this entry

模
mó · model, standard, pattern; copy
樣
yàng · shape, form, pattern, style
样
yàng · shape, form, pattern, style
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Mandarin tones

2–4 · mu2 yang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 joeng6

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noun

  1. looks; appearance (of a person)
  2. situation; appearance; circumstance

adv

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

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