貌
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
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Wiktionary
- 1.facial appearance; facial features; looks
- 2.outward appearance
- 3.expression; countenance
- 4.Used by ancient scholars to define terms describing appearance: appearance of; description of
- 5.superficial; outer
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mreːwɢs): abbreviated phonetic 豹 (OC *preːwɢs) + semantic 皃 (“looks”). Originally written as 皃 (OC *mreːwɢs, *mreːwɢ), which is a pictogram (象形) of the face. Note a very strong formal match with Burmese မြောက် (mrauk, “to reach the apex, be consummated”). Though the semantic gap is non-trivial, a sense relation "reach the top" > "that which exists on the top or surface" > "outward appearance, expression" appears feasible.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我們會禮貌的問。
We'll ask politely.
禮貌過度是煩人的。
Excess of politeness is annoying.
這個男孩不懂禮貌。
The boy doesn't know how to behave.
你的禮貌不是很好。
Your manners aren't very good.
他一點禮貌也沒有。
He has no manners at all.
指著別人是不禮貌的。
It is rude to point at others.
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Derived terms
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