外貌

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	appearance
trad. (外貌)		外	貌
simp. #(外貌)		外	貌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàimào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ maau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-mau
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-bāu / gōa-māu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàimào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàimào
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-mao⁴
    • Yale: wài-màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waymaw
    • Palladius: ваймао (vajmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ maau⁶
    • Yale: ngoih maauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ maau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ mao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² maːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-mau
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi mau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ mau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ mau̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-bāu
    • Tâi-lô: guā-bāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxbau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² bau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-māu
    • Tâi-lô: guā-māu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxmau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ mãu²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ mãu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ mãu³³/

Noun

外貌

1. appearance (of a person or object); external features; looks; profile

Synonyms

• 人才 (réncái)
• 儀容／仪容 (yíróng) (of a person)
• 儀表／仪表 (yíbiǎo) (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)
• 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

• 外貌協會／外貌协会 (wàimào xiéhuì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (外貌):

• → Japanese: 外(がい)貌(ぼう) (gaibō)
• → Korean: 외모(外貌) (oemo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	貌
がい Grade: 2	ぼう Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がいぼー [gàíbóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ibo̞ː]

Noun

外(がい)貌(ぼう) • (gaibō) ^{←ぐわいばう (gwaibau)?}

1. appearance (of a person or object)

   Synonym: 外見 (gaiken)

   • 1934, 坂(さか)口(ぐち)安(あん)吾(ご) [Ango Sakaguchi], 意(い)慾(よく)的(てき)創(そう)作(さく)文(ぶん)章(しょう)の形(けい)式(しき)と方(ほう)法(ほう) (Iyokuteki sōsaku bunshō no keishiki to hōhō)‎^[1]:

     今(いま)我(われ)々(われ)は一(いち)人(じん)物(ぶつ)の外(がい)貌(ぼう)を描(びょう)写(しゃ)しようとしている。

     Ima wareware wa ichi-jinbutsu no gaibō o byōsha shiyō to shite iru.

     We are trying to describe a certain person's appearance now.

2. feature; looks

   Synonym: 顔立ち (kaodachi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
外	貌

Noun

外貌 • (oemo) (hangeul 외모)

1. Hanja form^? of 외모 (“(outward) appearance, look”).