模特

Chinese

		imitate; model; norm imitate; model; norm; pattern	special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal
trad. (模特)		模	特
simp. #(模特)		模	特

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of French modèle (“model”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mótè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ dak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô͘-te̍k / mô͘-te̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mótè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mótè
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-tʻê⁴
    • Yale: mwó-tè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moteh
    • Palladius: мотэ (motɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (模特兒／模特儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mótèr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄜˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mótèr
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-tʻê⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: mwó-tèr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: motehl
    • Palladius: мотэр (motɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ dak⁶
    • Yale: mòuh dahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ dak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ deg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tɐk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bôo-ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bo'dek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: môo-ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'dek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 模特

1. model (person employed to display clothes, or pose for an artist)

   你做模特的尺度有多大？ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Nǐ zuò mótè de chǐdù yǒu duō dà? [Pinyin]

   How far are you willing to go as a model?

Derived terms

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