摩度

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (摩度)		摩	度
simp. #(摩度)		摩	度
alternative forms		摩道 model

Etymology

From English model.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ dou⁴, mo¹ dou⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ dou⁴, mo¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: mō dòuh, mō douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ dou⁴, mo¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ dou⁴, mo¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ tou̯²¹/, /mɔː⁵⁵ tou̯²²/

Noun

摩度

1. (Cantonese) model (person employed to display clothes or pose for an artist)
   • 1962 April 13, 夕陽紅, “拍友嬉春——郊遊獵影記趣之二”, in 《新亞生活雙周刊》‎^[1], volume 4, number 17, archived from the original on 15 July 2021, page 13:

     不意這種羞不可仰的姿態，剎那間被拍友收入了鏡頭。解述完畢，自由攞景節目開始：這兒一堆，那兒一羣；一時你做「摩度」，一時他「作狀」；「笑吓啦！」、「眼望天！」、「一、二、三」的聲音，混成一片。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     不意这种羞不可仰的姿态，刹那间被拍友收入了镜头。解述完毕，自由𫽋景节目开始：这儿一堆，那儿一羣；一时你做「摩度」，一时他「作状」；「笑吓啦！」、「眼望天！」、「一、二、三」的声音，混成一片。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     bat¹ ji³ ze² zung² sau¹ bat¹ ho² joeng⁵ dik¹ zi¹ taai³, saat³ naa⁵ gaan¹ bei⁶ paak³ jau⁵ sau¹ jap⁶ liu⁵ geng³ tau⁴. gaai² seot⁶ jyun⁴ bat¹, zi⁶ jau⁴ lo² ging² zit³ muk⁶ hoi¹ ci²: ze⁵ ji⁴ jat¹ deoi¹, naa⁵ ji⁴ jat¹ kwan⁴; jat¹ si⁴ nei⁵ zou⁶ “mo¹ dou⁴”, jat¹ si⁴ taa¹ “zok³ zong⁶”; “siu³ haa⁵ laa¹!”, “ngaan⁵ mong⁶ tin¹!”, “jat¹, ji⁶, saam¹” dik¹ sing¹ jam¹, wan⁶ sing⁴ jat¹ pin³. [Jyutping]

     To their surprise, their shameful poses instantly came into the lenses of photography buffs. After explaining, they started their all-you-can-take-photos session: a group over here, a flock over there. For one moment you became "a model"; for another he "acted too unnatually". "Smile!", "look up to the sky!", "one, two, three!"; these sounds blended into a single noise.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 模特兒 (“model (person employed to display clothes or pose for an artist)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		模特兒
Mandarin	Beijing	模特兒
	Taiwan	模特兒, 麻豆
	Ürümqi	模特兒
	Singapore	模特兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	模特兒, 摩度
	Hong Kong	模特兒, 摩度
Southern Min	Xiamen	模特, 模特兒
	Quanzhou	模特兒
	Zhangzhou	模特兒
Wu	Suzhou	模特兒