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目
Mandarin · pinyin mù
Meanings
- eye
- (literary) to look; to regard
- eye (of a net); mesh
- mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數 mù shù)
- item; section
- list; catalogue
- (taxonomy) order
- name; title
Characters in this entry
- 目
- mù · eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109
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Mandarin tones
4 · mu4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
muk6
Cantonese word readings for 目. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- (literary or Min) eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) eyesight
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to look; to view; to see
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wink at
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to judge; to comment on
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) opinion; viewpoint
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to view as; to regard
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) item; entry
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) title; headline
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) section
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) list; catalogue; table of contents
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) name
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) target; goal
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) chief; head; leader
- (taxonomy) order
- (Classical) to call; to address (of people's names and titles)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, obsolete or Hokkien) hole; cavity; eyelet
- (Hokkien) joint; knot; lump
- (Hokkien) Classifier for segments, such as sugar cane.
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for pieces in Go.
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