Chinese symbol for “imitate”
模仿
mó fǎng
to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for imitate is 模仿 (mó fǎng), defined as: to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; model.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “imitate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 模 | mó | to imitate; model |
| 仿 | fǎng | to imitate; to copy |
| 仿照 | fǎng zhào | to imitate |
| 效法 | xiào fǎ | to imitate; to follow the example of |
| 摹 | mó | (bound form) to imitate; to copy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 模仿.
| 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) |
| 仿佛 | fǎng fú | to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar |
| 仿真 | fǎng zhēn | to emulate; to simulate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “imitate”.
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.