# 樣子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yàngzi
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yang$^4$ zi$^3$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ёнзы (i͡onzɨ, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng$^6$ zi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ion$^3$ zeh
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): iên$^7$ ze$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yàngzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yàngzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: yang$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: yàng-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanq.tzy
*** Palladius: янцзы (janczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yang$^4$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iang z
*** Sinological IPA : /iaŋ²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ёнзы (i͡onzɨ, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /iɑŋ⁴⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: joeng$^6$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: yeuhng jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: joeng$^6$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yêng$^6$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jœːŋ²² t͡siː³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ion$^3$ zeh
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /iɒ̃⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iên$^7$ ze$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iēⁿ tsṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /ĩẽ¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/

### Noun

樣子
* appearance; shape
       Wǒ xiǎng kànkàn zhēnzhèng de Zhōngguó dàodǐ shì ge shénme yàngzi. [Pinyin]
       I want to see what the real China is like.
* air; manner
       Zuìzhōng wǒmen dōu huó chéng le zìjǐ tǎoyàn de yàngzi. [Pinyin]
       In the end we all lived to become people we despised.
* model; pattern; sample
* situation; state

#### Synonyms

* (appearance):
* 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)
* 外貌 (wàimào)
* 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)
* 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)
* (model):
* 式 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 式子 (shìzi)
* 式樣／式样 (shìyàng)
* 板型 (bǎnxíng)
* 樣式／样式 (yàngshì)
* 款式 (kuǎnshì)
* (situation):
* 事態／事态 (shìtài) (especially negative)
* 光景 (guāngjǐng)
* 光陰／光阴 (guāngyīn) (Classical)
* 勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
* 境地 (jìngdì) (chiefly undesirable)
* 境況／境况 (jìngkuàng) (usually economic)
* 境遇 (jìngyù) (usually negative)
* 局勢／局势 (júshì)
* 局面 (júmiàn)
* 形勢／形势 (xíngshì)
* 情勢／情势 (qíngshì)
* 情境 (qíngjìng)
* 情態／情态 (qíngtài)
* 情況／情况 (qíngkuàng)
* 情狀／情状 (qíngzhuàng) (literary)
* 情節／情节 (qíngjié) (of a crime or mistake)
* 景況／景况 (jǐngkuàng) (chiefly of an economy or individual)
* 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
* 板面 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 模樣／模样
* 狀況／状况 (zhuàngkuàng)

#### Derived terms

* 不成樣子／不成样子
* 乏樣子／乏样子
* 人樣子／人样子
* 好樣子／好样子
* 怪樣子／怪样子
* 擺樣子／摆样子 (bǎi yàngzi)
* 有樣子／有样子
* 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
* 老樣子／老样子 (lǎoyàngzi)
* 裝樣子／装样子
* 這樣子／这样子 (zhèyàngzi)
* 那樣子／那样子

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 様(よう)子(す) (yōsu)

#### See also

* 貌 (mào)
* (Hokkien, Teochew) 款 (khóan)