# 儀表
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yíbiǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^4$ biu$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngì-péu
    (Hailu, HRS): ngi biau$^ˊ$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gî-piáu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yíbiǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yíbiǎo
*** Wade–Giles: i$^2$-piao$^3$
*** Yale: yí-byǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yibeau
*** Palladius: ибяо (ibjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /i³⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$儀表／仪表 儀錶／仪表 姨表 遺表／遗表
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^4$ biu$^2$
*** Yale: yìh bíu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^4$ biu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^4$ biu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²¹ piːu̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$儀表／仪表 姨表
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì-péu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^ˇ$ beu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^2$ beu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹ peu̯³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi biau$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵ piau²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-piáu
*** Tâi-lô: gî-piáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gi'piao
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² piau⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² piau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² piau⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ piau⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi²³⁻³³ piau⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: ngje pjiewX
Rime :
| Character | 儀 | 表 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (13) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 魚羈切 | 陂矯切 |
| Baxter | ngje | pjiewX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋˠiᴇ/ | /piᴇu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋᵚiɛ/ | /piɛu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiɛ/ | /pjæu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋjiə̆/ | /piaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋje/ | /piɛu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋǐe/ | /pĭɛu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋie̯/ | /pi̯ɛu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yí | biǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^4$ | biu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)aj p(r)awʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋral prawʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 儀 | 表 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yí | biǎo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngje › | ‹ pjew$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋ(r)aj/ | /*p(r)awʔ/ |
| English | right, proper; ceremony | exterior |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 儀 | 表 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 13046 | 813 |
| Phonetic component | 我 | 表 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 宜 | 表 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋral/ | /*prawʔ/ |

#### Noun

儀表
* appearance; bearing
    儀表端莊／仪表端庄 ― yíbiǎo duānzhuāng ― to have a dignified appearance
* (literary) norm; exemplar
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Kǒngzǐ zhī yán zhī bùyòng, dào zhī bùxíng yě, shìfēi èrbǎisìshí'èr nián zhīzhōng, yǐwèi tiānxià yíbiǎo, biǎn tiānzǐ, tuì zhūhóu, tǎo dàfū, yǐ dá wángshì ér yǐ yǐ. [Pinyin]
    Confucius, knowing very well that his teachings and principles would see no implementation, (then wrote to) make clear the rights and wrongs of the two hundred and forty-two years, so that a set of norms could be established for all, that rulers of all ranks could be judged upon and put into their places, and that the way to the ideal government could be prepared.

##### Synonyms

* (appearance):
* 人才 (réncái)
* 儀容／仪容 (yíróng) (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)
* 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

* 儀表堂堂／仪表堂堂
* 堂堂儀表／堂堂仪表

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 儀表 – see 儀錶 (“instrument; meter; measuring device”). (This term is a variant form of 儀錶).