模型 móxíng model
model; mold; matrix; pattern
How to remember 模型: 模 model + 型 pattern = model.
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How it is used
- A model/mold/scale representation - 飞机模型 (fēijī móxíng) a model airplane, 数学模型 (shùxué móxíng) a mathematical model.
- Covers physical scale models, molds, and abstract analytical models (economic, math, AI models).
- Contrast 模式 (móshì, a pattern/mode); 模型 is a concrete or formal representation of a thing/system.
Example sentences
- 他爱好收集模型。 Tā àihào shōují móxíng.His hobby is collecting models.