外觀

See also: 外观 and 外観

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (外觀)		外	觀
simp. (外观)		外	观

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàiguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàiguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàiguan
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: wài-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayguan
    • Palladius: вайгуань (vajguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gun¹
    • Yale: ngoih gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-koan
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/

Noun

外觀

1. outward appearance; exterior

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)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	觀
がい Grade: 2	かん Hyōgaiji
kan’on	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 外觀 – see the following entry.

【外観がいかん】 [noun] outward appearance, façade

(This term, 外觀, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
外	觀

Noun

外觀 • (oegwan) (hangeul 외관)

1. Hanja form^? of 외관.