目定口呆

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay
trad. (目定口呆)		目	定	口	呆
simp. #(目定口呆)		目	定	口	呆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùdìngkǒudāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ ding⁶ hau² ngoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùdìngkǒudāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùdìngkǒudai
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-ting⁴-kʻou³-tai¹
    • Yale: mù-dìng-kǒu-dāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhdinqkooudai
    • Palladius: мудинкоудай (mudinkoudaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ ding⁶ hau² ngoi⁴
    • Yale: muhk dihng háu ngòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ ding⁶ hau² ngoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ ding⁶ heo² ngoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² tɪŋ²² hɐu̯³⁵ ŋɔːi̯²¹/

Idiom

目定口呆

1. Synonym of 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi, “to be stupefied; to be dumbfounded”)

   • 伯芬聽了，不覺目定口呆，漲紅了臉，回答不上來，只好搭訕著走了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     伯芬听了，不觉目定口呆，涨红了脸，回答不上来，只好搭讪着走了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], 《二十年目睹之怪現狀》 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades], chapter 93

     Bófēn tīng le, bùjiào mùdìngkǒudāi, zhàng hóng le liǎn, huídá bù shànglái, zhǐhǎo dāshàn zhe zǒu le. [Pinyin]

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