HSK 6 · Clothing

容貌 róngmào “looks” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 容貌 means

  1. looks
  2. appearance
  3. facial features
  4. one’s appearance
  5. one’s aspect
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • features

How to say 容貌

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale容róng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale貌mào4th tone, falling

容貌 in a sentence

  1. 他的容貌改变了许多。

    Tā de róngmào gǎibiàn le xǔduō.

    His looks have changed a lot.

    Sentence #334283 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 早睡早起对你的健康和容貌都很有好处。

    Zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ duì nǐ de jiànkāng hé róngmào dōu hěn yǒu hǎochu.

    Going to bed early and getting up early is good for both your health and your looks.

    Sentence #5574638 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 容貌 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 容 (róng) with each of its parts in a different colour
容róngto hold
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 谷valley · gǔ

Memory aidA roof 宀 over a valley 谷, with room to hold things: to contain.

The character 貌 (mào) with each of its parts in a different colour
貌màoappearance; looks; outward form
  • 豸badger · zhì
  • 皃countenance · mào

How to write 容貌

容 10 strokes · 貌 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

容貌 (róngmào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 容貌 (róngmào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 容貌

Words with 容

容易róngyì · easy内容nèiróng · content形容xíngróng · to describe阵容zhènróng · line-up (of a team or cast)容纳róngnà · to hold从容cóngróng · calm宽容kuānróng · tolerant容忍róngrěn · to tolerate容器róngqì · container刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

Words with 貌

礼貌lǐmào · courtesy面貌miànmào · appearance

More words: Clothing & Appearance

面貌miànmào · appearance模样múyàng · appearance纽扣儿niǔkòur · button旗袍qípáo · qipao神态shéntài · expression首饰shǒushì · jewellery秃tū · bald外表wàibiǎo · appearance

FAQs

容貌 (róngmào) means “looks” or “appearance”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it róngmào: róng with a 2nd tone, then mào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 容貌 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rongmao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 容貌 from the suggestions. Typing rongmao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
容貌 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.