盲目

Chinese edit

		blind	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
trad. (盲目)		盲	目
simp. ^#(盲目)		盲	目

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mángmù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁴ muk⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bông-bo̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁵ mag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mángmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mángmù
  - Wade–Giles: mang²-mu⁴
  - Yale: máng-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangmuh
  - Palladius: манму (manmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maang⁴ muk⁶
  - Yale: màahng muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴ mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bông-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bongbok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mang⁵ mag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâng ma̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mak̚⁴/

Adjective edit

盲目

blind (unable to see)
(figurative) blind; ignorant; lacking understanding
自信是優點，但不能盲目自信。 [MSC, trad.]
自信是优点，但不能盲目自信。 [MSC, simp.]
Zìxìn shì yōudiǎn, dàn bùnéng mángmù zìxìn. [Pinyin]
Self-confidence is an advantage, but not blind self-confidence.

不能盲目地跟從別人，要有自己的風格。 [MSC, trad.]
不能盲目地跟从别人，要有自己的风格。 [MSC, simp.]
Bùnéng mángmù de gēncóng biérén, yào yǒu zìjǐ de fēnggé. [Pinyin]
Don't follow others blindly, you should have your own style.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

盲從／盲从 (mángcóng)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
盲	目
もう Grade: S	もく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology edit

/maumoku/ → /mɔːmoku/ → /moːmoku/

From Middle Chinese compound 盲目 (mæng mjuwk, literally “blind + eye”). Compare modern Cantonese reading maang⁴ muk⁶.

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) もーもく [mòómókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [mo̞ːmo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective edit

盲(もう)目(もく) • (mōmoku) ^{←まうもく (maumoku)^?}

blind
恋(こい)は盲目(もうもく)、盲目(もうもく)な愛情(あいじょう)
koi wa mōmoku, mōmoku na aijō
love is blind, blind love

正義(せいぎ)は盲目(もうもく)
seigi wa mōmoku
justice is blind

Usage notes edit

Also used with the particle の (no), as a noun modifying another noun.

盲目(もうもく)の法師(ほうし)
mōmoku no hōshi
a blind monk

The adjective form with な (na) is used to describe mental or emotional blindness, while the noun form can be used attributively with の (no) to describe physical blindness.

Inflection edit

Inflection of 盲目

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	盲目だろ	もうもくだろ	mōmoku daro
Continuative (連用形)	盲目で	もうもくで	mōmoku de
Terminal (終止形)	盲目だ	もうもくだ	mōmoku da
Attributive (連体形)	盲目な	もうもくな	mōmoku na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	盲目なら	もうもくなら	mōmoku nara
Imperative (命令形)	盲目であれ	もうもくであれ	mōmoku de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	盲目ではない盲目じゃない	もうもくではないもうもくじゃない	mōmoku de wa nai mōmoku ja nai
Informal past	盲目だった	もうもくだった	mōmoku datta
Informal negative past	盲目ではなかった盲目じゃなかった	もうもくではなかったもうもくじゃなかった	mōmoku de wa nakatta mōmoku ja nakatta
Formal	盲目です	もうもくです	mōmoku desu
Formal negative	盲目ではありません盲目じゃありません	もうもくではありませんもうもくじゃありません	mōmoku de wa arimasen mōmoku ja arimasen
Formal past	盲目でした	もうもくでした	mōmoku deshita
Formal negative past	盲目ではありませんでした盲目じゃありませんでした	もうもくではありませんでしたもうもくじゃありませんでした	mōmoku de wa arimasen deshita mōmoku ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	盲目で	もうもくで	mōmoku de
Conditional	盲目なら（ば）	もうもくなら（ば）	mōmoku nara (ba)
Provisional	盲目だったら	もうもくだったら	mōmoku dattara
Volitional	盲目だろう	もうもくだろう	mōmoku darō
Adverbial	盲目に	もうもくに	mōmoku ni
Degree	盲目さ	もうもくさ	mōmokusa

Noun edit

盲(もう)目(もく) • (mōmoku) ^{←まうもく (maumoku)^?}

blindness

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

盲(もう)目(もく)的(てき) (mōmokuteki): blind (specifically as an adjective)
盲(もう)目(もく)飛(ひ)行(こう) (mōmoku hikō): blind flying, instrument flying
盲(もう)目(もく)着(ちゃく)陸(りく) (mōmoku chakuriku): a blind landing

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-2] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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