眉目

Chinese

		eyebrow; upper margin	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); 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
Min Nan (POJ): bâi-ba̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méimù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meimuh
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ muk⁶
  - Yale: mèih muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-ba̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bâi-ba̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bai'bak
  - IPA (Xiamen): /baɪ²⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /baɪ²⁴⁻²² bak̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /baɪ¹³⁻²² bak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /baɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /baɪ²³⁻³³ bak̚⁴/

Note: vernacular reading.

Noun

眉目

(literally) eyes and eyebrows

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méimù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ muk⁶
Min Nan (POJ): bî-bo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méimù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meimuh
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ muk⁶
  - Yale: mèih muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
Min Nan
- (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

(usually commendatory) facial features
(figuratively) sequence of ideas (in an article)

Derived terms

眉清目秀 (méiqīngmùxiù)
眉目傳情／眉目传情

眉目清秀

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méimu, méimù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄨ, ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ muk⁶
Min Nan (POJ): bî-bo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méimu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.mhu
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: méimù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meimuh
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ muk⁶
  - Yale: mèih muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
Min Nan
- (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

main points; clues

Synonyms

景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
端倪 (duānní)
線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)

跡象／迹象 (jìxiàng)
頭緒／头绪 (tóuxù)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [bʲimo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

眉目 (hiragana びもく, rōmaji bimoku)

facial features

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