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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mó | mo2
English translation
to imitate
model
norm
pattern
model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mú | mu2
English translation
mold
die
matrix
pattern

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

tree

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木莫

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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shuì dòng Xīn 建筑 jiànzhù 只是 zhǐ shì 仿 fǎng 古典 gǔdiǎn 传统 chuántǒng .

He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions.

硅橡胶 guī xiàng jiāo 熟石膏 shú shí gāo zuò 铸模取得 qǔ dé 成功 Chénggōng .

Silicone rubber and plaster of Paris have been used successfully.

diāo shì 仿 fǎng de 艺术 yìshù (模刻真实 zhēnshí 生活 shēnghuó Zhōng de rén děng ).

Sculpture is an imitative art, ie it copies people, things, etc from real life.

那种 nà zhǒng 热情 rèqíng , jiù chūn yuè duì 某事 mǒu shì 茅塞顿开 máo sè dùn kāi de 那种热情,一模一样 yī mú yī yàng .

His enthusiasm was like Spring Moon's when she had mastered a concept.

ǎi 矮胖胖,和蔼可亲 hé aǐ kě qīn , liú le 嘴怪模怪 yàng de 牙刷 yá shuā shì 的小胡子 hú zi .

He was short and tubby and amiable with an odd little toothbrush moustache.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
模特 mótè (fashion) model (loanword)模特 mótè
模式 móshì mode模式 móshì
规模 guīmó scale規模
model
模型 móxíng model模型 móxíng
模仿 mófǎng to imitate模仿 mófǎng
大规模 dà guī mó large scale大規模
模拟 mó nǐ imitation模擬
模糊 móhu vague模糊 móhu
模样 múyàng look模樣
一模一样 yī mú yī yàng carbon copy一模一樣
模范 mófàn model模範
模块 mó kuài functional unit模塊
超模 chāo mó supermodel超模 chāo mó
模板 mú bǎn template模板 mú bǎn
名模 míng mó top model名模 míng mó
模具 mú jù mold模具 mú jù
楷模 kǎi mó model楷模 kǎi mó
装模作样 zhuāng mó zuò yàng to indulge in histrionics裝模作樣
劳模 láo mó model worker勞模
模子 mú zi mold模子 mú zi
模糊不清 mó hu bù qīng indistinct模糊不清 mó hu bù qīng
模棱两可 mó léng liǎng kě equivocal模稜兩可
模拟器 mó nǐ qì emulator模擬器
像模像样 xiàng mó xiàng yàng solemn像模像樣

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