# 外貌
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wàimào
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi$^6$ maau$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-mau
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-bāu / gōa-māu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wàimào
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wàimào
*** Wade–Giles: wai$^4$-mao$^4$
*** Yale: wài-màu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waymaw
*** Palladius: ваймао (vajmao)
*** Sinological IPA : /waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$外貌 外貿／外贸
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngoi$^6$ maau$^6$
*** Yale: ngoih maauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi$^6$ maau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngoi$^6$ mao$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔːi̯²² maːu̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-mau
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngoi mau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi$^4$ mau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ mau̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-bāu
*** Tâi-lô: guā-bāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goaxbau
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² bau⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-māu
*** Tâi-lô: guā-māu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goaxmau
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ mãu²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ mãu³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ mãu³³/

### Noun

外貌
* appearance (of a person or object); external features; looks; profile

#### Synonyms

* 人才 (réncái)
* 儀容／仪容 (yíróng) (of a person)
* 儀表／仪表 (yíbiǎo) (of a person)
* 外形 (wàixíng)
* 外相 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 外範／外范 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 外表 (wàibiǎo)
* 外觀／外观 (wàiguān)
* 姿容 (zīróng)
* 容貌 (róngmào, “facial features”)
* 容顏／容颜 (róngyán, “facial features”)
* 尊容 (zūnróng) (ironic or honorific, of a person)
* 尪仔頭／尪仔头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 形容 (xíngróng, “facial appearance”) (literary)
* 形貌 (xíngmào)
* 樣子／样子 (yàngzi)
* 模樣／模样 (of a person)
* 樣貌／样貌 (yàngmào)
* 相貌 (xiàngmào) (of a person)
* 瞻視／瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)
* 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 觀瞻／观瞻 (guānzhān)
* 貌相 (màoxiàng) (of a person)
* 賣相／卖相 (màixiàng) (originally Wu)
* 長相／长相 (zhǎngxiàng) (of a person)
* 面容 (miànróng, “facial features”)
* 面容仔 (“facial features”) (Hakka)
* 面水 (Hokkien)
* 面貌 (miànmào)
* 顏容／颜容 (yánróng, “facial features”)
* 體面／体面 (tǐmiàn)

#### Derived terms

* 外貌協會／外貌协会 (wàimào xiéhuì)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 外(がい)貌(ぼう) (gaibō)
* → Korean: 외모(外貌) (oemo)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 外 | 貌 |
| がい Grade: 2 | ぼう Grade: S |
| kan'on ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) がいぼー [gàíbóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɡa̠ibo̞ː]

### Noun

外(がい)貌(ぼう) • (gaibō)
* appearance (of a person or object)
    Synonym: 外見 (gaiken)
** 1934, Ango Sakaguchi, Iyoku-teki sōsaku bunshō no keishiki to hōhō‎:
    今(いま)我(われ)々(われ)は一(いち)人(じん)物(ぶつ)の外(がい)貌(ぼう)を描(びょう)写(しゃ)しようとしている。
       Ima wareware wa ichi-jinbutsu no gaibō o byōsha shiyō to shite iru.
       We are trying to describe a certain person's appearance now.
* feature; looks
    Synonym: 顔立ち (kaodachi)

### References

* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 外 | 貌 |

### Noun

外貌 • (oemo) (hangeul 외모)
* hanja form of 외모 (“(outward) appearance, look”)