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貌
Mandarin · pinyin mào
Meanings
- (bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
Characters in this entry
- 貌
- mào · countenance, appearance
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Mandarin tones
4 · mao4
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Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Read this spelling in Classical texts
Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 5 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
maau6
Cantonese word readings for 貌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- facial appearance; facial features; looks
- outward appearance
- expression; countenance
- (Classical) Used by ancient scholars to define terms describing appearance: appearance of; description of
- superficial; outer
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