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Chinese
Etymology 1
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apparatus; rites; appearance apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony |
surface; exterior; to watch surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external |
| trad. (儀表)
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儀
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表
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| simp. (仪表*)
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仪
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表
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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儀
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表
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yí
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biǎo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ngje ›
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‹ pjewX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋ(r)aj/
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/*p(r)awʔ/
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| English
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right, proper; ceremony
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exterior
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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儀
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表
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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13046
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813
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Phonetic
component
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我
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表
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Rime
group
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歌
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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宜
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表
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋral/
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/*prawʔ/
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Noun
儀表
- appearance; bearing
- 儀表端莊／仪表端庄 ― yíbiǎo duānzhuāng ― to have a dignified appearance
- (literary) norm; exemplar
孔子知言之不用，道之不行也，是非二百四十二年之中，以爲天下儀表，貶天子，退諸侯，討大夫，以達王事而已矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
孔子知言之不用，道之不行也，是非二百四十二年之中，以为天下仪表，贬天子，退诸侯，讨大夫，以达王事而已矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Kǒngzǐ zhī yán zhī bùyòng, dào zhī bùxíng yě, shìfēi èrbǎisìshí'èr nián zhīzhōng, yǐwèi tiānxià yíbiǎo, biǎn tiānzǐ, tuì zhūhóu, tǎo dàfū, yǐ dá wángshì ér yǐ yǐ.
- Confucius, knowing very well that his teachings and principles would see no implementation, (then wrote to) make clear the rights and wrongs of the two hundred and forty-two years, so that a set of norms could be established for all, that rulers of all ranks could be judged upon and put into their places, and that the way to the ideal government could be prepared.
Synonyms
- 人才 (réncái)
- 儀容／仪容 (yíróng) (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)
- 外貌 (wàimào)
- 姿容 (zīróng)
- 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
Etymology 2