Chinese symbol for “imitation”
模拟
mó nǐ
Traditional: 模擬
imitation; to simulate; to imitate; analog (device, as opposed to digital)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for imitation is 模拟 (mó nǐ), defined as: imitation; to simulate; to imitate; analog (device, as opposed to digital).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “imitation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高仿 | gāo fǎng | imitation; quality fake |
| 山寨 | shān zhài | fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) |
| 翻版 | fān bǎn | to reprint; reproduction |
| 冒牌货 (冒牌貨) | mào pái huò | fake goods; imitation |
| 仿冒品 | fǎng mào pǐn | counterfeit object; imitation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 模拟.
| 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 |
| 模特 | mó tè | (fashion) model (loanword) |
| 虚拟 (虛擬) | xū nǐ | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical |
| 拟定 (擬定) | nǐ dìng | to draw up; to draft |
| 比拟 (比擬) | bǐ nǐ | to compare; to draw a parallel |
See also: Japanese symbol for “imitation”.
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.