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Chinese symbol for “pose”

人模狗样
rén mú gǒu yàng
Traditional: 人模狗樣
(idiom) to pose; to put on airs; Taiwan pr. [ren2 mo2 gou3 yang4]

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pose is 人模狗样 (rén mú gǒu yàng), defined as: (idiom) to pose; to put on airs; Taiwan pr. [ren2 mo2 gou3 yang4].

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
模 mú
model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate
radical 75 ⽊ · 15 strokes
狗 gǒu
dog
radical 94 ⽝ · 8 strokes
样 yàng
form, pattern, shape, style
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pose”

WordPinyinMeaning
造型zào xíngto model; to shape; appearance; style; design; form; pose
作态 (作態)zuò tàito put on an attitude; to pose
摆造型 (擺造型)bǎi zào xíngto pose (for a picture)
身态 (身態)shēn tàipose; figure
做张做势 (做張做勢)zuò zhāng zuò shìto put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 人模狗样.

WordPinyinMeaning
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
人口rén kǒupopulation; people
个人 (個人)gè rénan individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
人员 (人員)rén yuánstaff; crew
模式mó shìmode; pattern; model
规模 (規模)guī móscale; scope; extent
狗狗gǒu gōu(coll.) dog; doggie
这样 (這樣)zhè yàngthis way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such

See also: Japanese symbol for “pose”.

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.