描摹

Chinese

		depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up	imitate; copy
trad. (描摹)		描	摹
simp. #(描摹)		描	摹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miáomó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴ mou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biâu-bô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miáomó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miáomó
    • Wade–Giles: miao²-mo²
    • Yale: myáu-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miaumo
    • Palladius: мяомо (mjaomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁴ mou⁴
    • Yale: mìuh mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹ mou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu-bô͘
    • Tâi-lô: biâu-bôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biau'boo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /biau²⁴⁻²² bɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³⁻²² bɔ¹³/

Verb

描摹

1. to trace; to draw
2. to depict

Synonyms

• (to depict):

• 刻畫／刻画 (kèhuà)
• 塑造 (sùzào)
• 形容 (xíngróng)
• 描寫／描写 (miáoxiě)
• 描畫／描画 (miáohuà)
• 描繪／描绘 (miáohuì)
• 描述 (miáoshù)
• 繪／绘 (literary, or in compounds)