臨摹

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	imitate; copy
trad. (臨摹)		臨	摹
simp. (临摹)		临	摹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línmó

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ mou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línmó
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línmó
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-mo²
  - Yale: lín-mwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linmo
  - Palladius: линьмо (linʹmo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lam⁴ mou⁴
  - Yale: làhm mòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ mou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ mou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ mou̯²¹/

Verb

臨摹

to copy (a model of calligraphy, painting, etc.); to imitate

Synonyms

仿效 (fǎngxiào)
仿照 (fǎngzhào)
擬／拟 (nǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
效仿 (xiàofǎng)
模仿 (mófǎng)
模擬／模拟 (mónǐ)
規矩／规矩 (guījǔ) (literary)

Noun

臨摹

copying a model of calligraphy or painting by either direct imitation of the original or placing thin paper on top of the original and tracing it

Usage notes

臨／临 (lín) and 摹 (mó) refer to the two different ways Chinese calligraphy is practiced, through the techniques of imitating and tracing respectively.

Derived terms

臨摹本／临摹本

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