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Chinese
Etymology
From English model.
Pronunciation
Noun
摩度
- (Cantonese) model (person employed to display clothes or pose for an artist)
1962 April 13, 夕陽紅, “拍友嬉春——郊遊獵影記趣之二”, in 《新亞生活雙周刊》, volume 4, number 17, archived from the original on 15 July 2021, page 13:
不意這種羞不可仰的姿態,剎那間被拍友收入了鏡頭。解述完畢,自由攞景節目開始:這兒一堆,那兒一羣;一時你做「摩度」,一時他「作狀」;「笑吓啦!」、「眼望天!」、「一、二、三」的聲音,混成一片。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
不意这种羞不可仰的姿态,刹那间被拍友收入了镜头。解述完毕,自由𫽋景节目开始:这儿一堆,那儿一羣;一时你做「摩度」,一时他「作状」;「笑吓啦!」、「眼望天!」、「一、二、三」的声音,混成一片。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]- bat1 ji3 ze2 zung2 sau1 bat1 ho2 joeng5 dik1 zi1 taai3, saat3 naa5 gaan1 bei6 paak3 jau5 sau1 jap6 liu5 geng3 tau4. gaai2 seot6 jyun4 bat1, zi6 jau4 lo2 ging2 zit3 muk6 hoi1 ci2: ze5 ji4 jat1 deoi1, naa5 ji4 jat1 kwan4; jat1 si4 nei5 zou6 “mo1 dou4”, jat1 si4 taa1 “zok3 zong6”; “siu3 haa5 laa1!”, “ngaan5 mong6 tin1!”, “jat1, ji6, saam1” dik1 sing1 jam1, wan6 sing4 jat1 pin3.
- To their surprise, their shameful poses instantly came into the lenses of photography buffs. After explaining, they started their all-you-can-take-photos session: a group over here, a flock over there. For one moment you became "a model"; for another he "acted too unnatually". "Smile!", "look up to the sky!", "one, two, three!"; these sounds blended into a single noise.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
模特兒 (“model (person employed to display clothes or pose for an artist)”)