眉目

Chinese

		eyebrow; upper margin	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
simp. and trad. (眉目)		眉	目
anagram		目眉

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méimù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ muk⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bâi-ba̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhai⁵ mag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méimù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méimù
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-mu⁴
    • Yale: méi-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meimuh
    • Palladius: мэйму (mɛjmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ muk⁶
    • Yale: mèih muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bâi-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bai'bak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bai²⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bai²⁴⁻²² bak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³⁻²² bak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³⁻³³ bak̚⁴/

Note: vernacular reading.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhai⁵ mag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bâi ma̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mak̚⁴/

Noun

眉目

1. (literal) eyes and eyebrows

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méimù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ muk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méimù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méimù
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-mu⁴
    • Yale: méi-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meimuh
    • Palladius: мэйму (mɛjmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ muk⁶
    • Yale: mèih muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bî-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bi'bok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/

Note: literary reading.

Noun

眉目

1. (usually commendatory) facial features
2. (figurative) sequence of ideas (in an article)

Derived terms

• 眉清目秀 (méiqīngmùxiù)
• 眉目傳情 / 眉目传情 (méimù chuánqíng)
• 眉目清秀

 

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méimu, méimù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄨ, ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ muk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méimu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méimů
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-mu⁵
    • Yale: méi-mu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.mu
    • Palladius: мэйму (mɛjmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méimù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méimù
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-mu⁴
    • Yale: méi-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meimuh
    • Palladius: мэйму (mɛjmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ muk⁶
    • Yale: mèih muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bî-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bi'bok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/

Note: literary reading.

Noun

眉目

1. main points; clues

Synonyms

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• 徵候兒 / 征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 意思
• 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
• 端倪 (duānní)
• 線索 / 线索 (xiànsuǒ)
• 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 跡象 / 迹象 (jìxiàng)
• 頭緒 / 头绪 (tóuxù)
• 頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眉	目
び Grade: S	もく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲimo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

眉(び)目(もく) • (bimoku) 

1. facial features