模仿

Chinese

		imitate; model; norm imitate; model; norm; pattern	to imitate; to copy
trad. (模仿/模倣)		模	仿/倣
simp. (模仿)		模	仿
alternative forms		摹倣／摹仿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mófǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ fong²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mù-fóng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-hóng / bô͘-hóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵ huang²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mu-faon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mófǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mófǎng
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-fang³
    • Yale: mwó-fǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mofaang
    • Palladius: мофан (mofan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ fɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ fong²
    • Yale: mòuh fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ fong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ fong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ fɔːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mù-fóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mu^ˇ fong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mu² fong³
    • Sinological IPA: /mu¹¹ foŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-hóng
    • Tâi-lô: môo-hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'horng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-hóng
    • Tâi-lô: bôo-hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bo'horng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mo⁵ huang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô huáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mu-faon
    • MiniDict: mu^去 faon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mu-faan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mu²² fɑ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

模仿

1. to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; to model

   危險動作，請勿模仿 [MSC, trad.]
   危险动作，请勿模仿 [MSC, simp.]

   wēixiǎn dòngzuò, qǐngwù mófǎng [Pinyin]

   Dangerous stunt; please do not imitate.

2. to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after

Synonyms

• (to imitate):

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• 仿效 (fǎngxiào)
• 仿照 (fǎngzhào)
• 擬／拟 (nǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
• 模擬／模拟 (mónǐ)
• 臨摹／临摹 (línmó) (a model of calligraphy, painting, etc.)
• 規矩／规矩 (guījǔ) (literary)

 

• (to follow the example of):

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• 仿效 (fǎngxiào)
• 仿照 (fǎngzhào)
• 仿行 (fǎngxíng)
• 取法 (qǔfǎ)
• 宗法 (zōngfǎ)
• 師匠／师匠 (shījiàng) (literary)
• 師法／师法 (shīfǎ) (literary)
• 憲法／宪法 (xiànfǎ) (Classical Chinese)
• 憲章／宪章 (xiànzhāng) (Classical Chinese)
• 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
• 效尤 (xiàoyóu) (literary, to mimic wrongdoing)
• 效法 (xiàofǎ)
• 步武 (bùwǔ) (literary)
• 法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
• 視／视 (shì) (archaic)
• 範圍／范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
• 觀象／观象 (guānxiàng) (literary)
• 遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 模仿秀