臨摹

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	imitate; copy
trad. (臨摹)		臨	摹
simp. (临摹)		临	摹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línmó

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línmó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línmó
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-mo²
    • Yale: lín-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linmo
    • Palladius: линьмо (linʹmo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ mou⁴
    • Yale: làhm mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ mou̯²¹/

Verb

臨摹

1. to copy (a model of calligraphy, painting, etc.); to imitate

Synonyms

• 仿效 (fǎngxiào)
• 仿照 (fǎngzhào)
• 擬／拟 (nǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
• 模仿 (mófǎng)
• 模擬／模拟 (mónǐ)
• 規矩／规矩 (guījǔ) (literary)

 

Noun

臨摹

1. copying a model of calligraphy or painting by either direct imitation of the original or placing thin paper on top of the original and tracing it

Usage notes

• 臨／临 (lín) and 摹 (mó) refer to the two different ways Chinese calligraphy is practiced, through the techniques of imitating and tracing respectively.

Derived terms

• 臨摹本／临摹本