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貌

mào

HSK 4 Character

What 貌 means

1. bound formappearance; looks; outward form

Example sentences

• 别以貌取人。
  Don't judge people from the way they look.
• 她很有礼貌。
  She has very good manners.
• 你不讲礼貌。
  You have no manners.
• 不要以貌取人。
  Bù yào yǐmàoqǔrén.
  Don't judge a man from the way he looks.
• 说话看人礼貌。
  Making eye contact when speaking is polite.
• 她是礼貌的化身。
  Tā shì lǐmào de huàshēn.
  She is politeness itself.

Words starting with 貌

• 貌似mào sìto appear to be; to seem as if
• 貌美mào měigood looks; pretty (e.g. young woman)
• 貌相mào xiàngappearance (esp. superficial); looks; to judge a person by appearances
• 貌合神离mào hé shén líthe appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom)…
• 貌美如花mào měi rú huā(of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom); beautiful
• 貌若潘安mào ruò Pān Ānto have the looks of a Pan An 潘安
• 貌合心离mào hé xīn lísee 貌合神离

Words containing 貌

• 礼貌lǐ màocourtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite
• 面貌miàn màoface; features; appearance; look
• 容貌róng màoone's appearance; one's aspect; looks
• 相貌xiàng màoappearance
• 美貌měi màogood looks; beauty; good-looking
• 风貌fēng màostyle; manner; ethos
• 外貌wài màoprofile; appearance
• 地貌dì mào(geology) landform; geomorphology
• 全貌quán màocomplete picture; full view
• 原貌yuán màothe original form
• 道貌岸然dào mào àn ránsanctimonious; dignified
• 其貌不扬qí mào bù yáng(idiom) nothing special to look at; unprepossessing
• 品貌pǐn màobehavior and appearance
• 形貌xíng màoappearance
• 样貌yàng màoappearance; manifestation
• 笑貌xiào màosmiling face
• 旧貌jiù màoold look; former appearance
• 体貌tǐ màoappearance
• 有礼貌yǒu lǐ màocourteous; polite
• 没礼貌méi lǐ màoimpolite; rude; bad-mannered
• 以貌取人yǐ mào qǔ rénto judge sb by appearances (idiom)
• 外貌主义wài mào zhǔ yìlookism
• 外貌协会wài mào xié huìthe "good-looks club": people who attach great importance to a person's appearance…
• 才貌双全cái mào shuāng quántalented and good-looking (idiom)

Characters that look like 貌

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 腺xiàngland
• 辣làhot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 酰xiānacid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 蜕tuìskin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate
• 睨nìto look askance at

Sounds the same

Read mào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 冒to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless
• 帽hat; cap
• 贸commerce; trade
• 茂luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
• 懋to be hardworking; luxuriant; splendid
• 袤length; distance from north to south
• 瑁(jade)
• 耄extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian
• 芼select; vegetables
• 眊having poor eyesight
• 瞀indistinct vision; dim
• 楙Cydonia japonica