貌 (maau6 | mao4) : appearance; looks

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貌

maau6

mao4

appearance; looks; face; aspect; countenance

Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: (#153)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

貌

This word has been viewed 9807 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Apr 2011 12:35

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禮貌 lai5 maau6 li3 mao4 = manners

面貌 min6 maau6 mian4 mao4 = appearance, face, features

貌似 maau6 ci5 = seemingly

有禮貌 jau5 lai5 maau6 = polite, courteous; watch one's Ps and Qs

冇禮貌 mou5 lai5 maau6 = impolite; rude 粵

形貌 jing4 maau6 xing2 mao4 = appearance; countenance

外貌 ngoi6 maau6 wai4 mao4 = profile; appearance

相貌 soeng3 maau6 xiang4 mao4 = appearance, look, countenance

人不可以貌相 jan4 bat1 ho2 ji5 maau6 soeng3 = don't judge a book by its cover

容貌 jung4 maau6 rong2 mao4 = countenance; personage; one's appearance; looks
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唔好駁嘴﹐咁冇禮貌。粵
Don't answer back; it's not polite.
[parsing: 唔好 don't | 駁嘴 answer back | 咁 so | 冇 im- | 禮貌 polite ]

對待顧客要有禮貌
be polite to customers

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 貌
Unicode code for this character: U+8c8c (off-site link)

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