Chinese symbol for “approximation”
模样
mú yàng
Traditional: 模樣
look; style; appearance; approximation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for approximation is 模样 (mú yàng), defined as: look; style; appearance; approximation; about; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 模样.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 模式 | mó shì | mode; pattern; model |
| 规模 (規模) | guī mó | scale; scope; extent |
| 大规模 (大規模) | dà guī mó | large scale; extensive |
| 模型 | mó xíng | model; mold |
| 模拟 (模擬) | mó nǐ | imitation; to simulate |
| 模特 | mó tè | (fashion) model (loanword) |
| 这样 (這樣) | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
See also: Japanese symbol for “approximation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.