儀表

See also: 仪表

Chinese

Etymology 1

		apparatus; rites; appearance apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony	surface; exterior; to watch surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external
trad. (儀表)		儀	表
simp. (仪表*)		仪	表

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíbiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ biu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngì-péu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gî-piáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíbiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíbiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: i²-piao³
    • Yale: yí-byǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yibeau
    • Palladius: ибяо (ibjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 儀表／仪表 儀錶／仪表 姨表 遺表／遗表

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ biu²
    • Yale: yìh bíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ biu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ biu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ piːu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 儀表／仪表 姨表

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì-péu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiˇ beu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² beu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹ peu̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-piáu
    • Tâi-lô: gî-piáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gi'piao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² piau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² piau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² piau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ piau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi²³⁻³³ piau⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngje pjiewX

Rime
Character	儀	表
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚羈切	陂矯切
Baxter	ngje	pjiewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇ/	/piᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛ/	/piɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɛ/	/pjæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiə̆/	/piawX/
Li Rong	/ŋje/	/piɛuX/
Wang Li	/ŋǐe/	/pĭɛuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋie̯/	/pi̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	biǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	biu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)aj  p(r)awʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋral  prawʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	儀	表
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yí	biǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ ngje ›	‹ pjewX ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)aj/	/*p(r)awʔ/
English	right, proper; ceremony	exterior
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儀	表
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13046	813
Phonetic component	我	表
Rime group	歌	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	宜	表
Old Chinese	/*ŋral/	/*prawʔ/

Noun

儀表

1. appearance; bearing

   儀表端莊／仪表端庄  ―  yíbiǎo duānzhuāng  ―  to have a dignified appearance

2. (literary) norm; exemplar

   • 孔子知言之不用，道之不行也，是非二百四十二年之中，以爲天下儀表，貶天子，退諸侯，討大夫，以達王事而已矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孔子知言之不用，道之不行也，是非二百四十二年之中，以为天下仪表，贬天子，退诸侯，讨大夫，以达王事而已矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Kǒngzǐ zhī yán zhī bùyòng, dào zhī bùxíng yě, shìfēi èrbǎisìshí'èr nián zhīzhōng, yǐwèi tiānxià yíbiǎo, biǎn tiānzǐ, tuì zhūhóu, tǎo dàfū, yǐ dá wángshì ér yǐ yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Confucius, knowing very well that his teachings and principles would see no implementation, (then wrote to) make clear the rights and wrongs of the two hundred and forty-two years, so that a set of norms could be established for all, that rulers of all ranks could be judged upon and put into their places, and that the way to the ideal government could be prepared.

Synonyms

• (appearance):

• 人才 (réncái)
• 儀容／仪容 (yíróng) (of a person)
• 外形 (wàixíng)
• 外相 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 外範／外范 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 外表 (wàibiǎo)
• 外觀／外观 (wàiguān)
• 外貌 (wàimào)
• 容貌 (róngmào, “facial features”)
• 容顏／容颜 (róngyán, “facial features”)
• 尊容 (zūnróng) (ironic or honorific, of a person)
• 尪仔頭／尪仔头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 形容 (xíngróng, “facial appearance”) (literary)
• 形貌 (xíngmào)
• 樣子／样子 (yàngzi)
• 模樣／模样 (of a person)
• 樣貌／样貌 (yàngmào)
• 相貌 (xiàngmào) (of a person)
• 瞻視／瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)
• 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 觀瞻／观瞻 (guānzhān)
• 貌相 (màoxiàng) (of a person)
• 賣相／卖相 (màixiàng) (originally Wu)
• 長相／长相 (zhǎngxiàng) (of a person)
• 面容 (miànróng, “facial features”)
• 面容仔 (“facial features”) (Hakka)
• 面水 (Hokkien)
• 面貌 (miànmào)
• 顏容／颜容 (yánróng, “facial features”)
• 體面／体面 (tǐmiàn)

 

Derived terms

• 儀表堂堂／仪表堂堂
• 堂堂儀表／堂堂仪表

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 儀表 – see 儀錶 (“instrument; meter; measuring device”). (This term is a variant form of 儀錶).