貌 mào countenance
countenance; appearance
怎么记住“貌”: 豸 crouching beast + 皃 countenance = countenance. When the crouching beast in the bushes turns out to be a kitten, the hiker's frightened countenance turns into a smiling countenance.
部件结构
貌 = 豸 crouching beast + 皃 countenance
- 豸 crouching beast
- 皃 countenance
When the crouching beast in the bushes turns out to be a kitten, the hiker's frightened countenance turns into a smiling countenance.
How it came to be
The crouching beast block beside the countenance block, a face on a body. The beast carries the sound and the face carries the sense: how a thing looks, not what it is.
用法
- Bound; appearance/looks. 外貌 (wàimào) outward appearance, 相貌 (xiàngmào) facial looks, 面貌 (miànmào) face/aspect.
- 礼貌 (lǐmào) = manners/politeness: 有礼貌 (yǒu lǐmào) polite, 没礼貌 (méi lǐmào) rude - the most everyday use.
- 面貌 (miànmào) is often figurative - the "look/aspect" of a city or era: 城市面貌 (chéngshì miànmào).
含“貌”的汉字
含“貌”的词语
例句
- 那位先生很有礼貌。 Nà wèi xiānsheng hěn yǒu lǐmào.That man is extremely polite.