目尾

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	tail
simp. and trad. (目尾)		目	尾

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): mĕ̤k-muōi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k-bé / ba̍k-bér / ba̍k-bóe

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mĕ̤k-muōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /møyʔ⁵⁻³³ mui³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-bé
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bagbea
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² be⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ be⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-bér
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-bér
    • IPA (Singapore): /bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ bə⁴²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² bə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bagboea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² bue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ bue⁴²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bue⁵³/

Noun

目尾

1. (Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Eastern Min, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, anatomy) lateral canthus; outer corner of the eye
2. (Mainland China and Singapore Hokkien, anatomy) canthus; corner of the eye
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) remaining light from the corner of the eye; skewed vision
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hint given with the eyes; meaningful glance

Synonyms

• (outer corner of the eye): 眼尾 (yǎnwěi), 外眥／外眦, 外眼角, 小眼角; (Eastern Min) 目珠尾
• (corner of the eye): 眼角 (yǎnjiǎo); (Sichuan) 眼睛角角; (Xiang) 眼睛角
• (meaningful glance): 眼色 (yǎnsè)

Derived terms

• 使目尾
• 摔目尾
• 縒目尾 / 𬘷目尾