外貌

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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

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:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    外貌
    外貿／外贸
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

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 (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

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

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)‎:
  
  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.
feature; looks
Synonym: 顔立ち (kaodachi)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
外	貌

Noun

外貌 • (oemo) (hangeul 외모)

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

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