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模特

mó tè · mo te

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Meaning

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  1. (fashion) model (loanword)
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  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)橱窗(chúchuāng)里(lǐ)那个(nàge)模特(mótè)，好(hǎo)帅(shuài)！

    Dengdeng, look at that model in the window. So handsome!

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)说(shuō)哪个(nǎge)模特(mótè)？

    Which model do you mean?

  3. Liangliang

    就是(jiùshì)穿(chuān)红衣服(hóngyīfu)的(de)那个(nàge)。

    The one wearing the red top.

  4. Dengdeng

    那个(nàge)模特(mótè)……好像(hǎoxiàng)没有(méiyǒu)动(dòng)过(guò)。

    That model... seems to never have moved.

  5. Liangliang

    对(duì)，他(tā)一直(yīzhí)站(zhàn)在(zài)那儿(nàr)，一动不动(yīdòngbùdòng)。

    Right, he keeps standing there without moving.

  6. Dengdeng

    因为(yīnwèi)他(tā)是(shì)塑料(sùliào)模特(mótè)！

    Because he is a plastic mannequin!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)是(shì)演(yǎn)员(yuán)，不(bú)是(shì)模(mó)特(tè)。

I'm an actress, not a model.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)家(jiā)公(gōng)司(sī)正(zhèng)在(zài)招(zhāo)聘(pìn)时(shí)装(zhuāng)模(mó)特(tè)。

This company is recruiting fashion models.

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