刺目

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
simp. and trad. (刺目)		刺	目
alternative forms		赤目

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ muk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiuk-muk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-ba̍k / chhiah-ba̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhmù
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-mu⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhmuh
    • Palladius: цыму (cymu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ muk⁶
    • Yale: chi muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ mʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiuk-muk
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiug` mug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiug⁵ mug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯uk̚² muk̚²/

Note: dazzling.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'bak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ bak̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshiah-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiahbak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bak̚⁴/

Note:

• chhiah-ba̍k - “dazzling (Taiwan, Zhangzhou); offending to the eye; enviable”;
• chhì-ba̍k - “dazzling (Taiwan, Zhangzhou); offending to the eye”.

Adjective

刺目

1. dazzling; glaring
2. offending to the eye; unsightly
3. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) enviable; arousing envy

Synonyms

• (dazzling): 刺眼 (cìyǎn), 耀眼 (yàoyǎn), 耀目 (yàomù), 晃眼 (huǎngyǎn); (Cantonese) 𥋇眼; (Hakka) 晟眼; (Hokkien) 鑿目／凿目, 刺鑿／刺凿
• (offending to the eye): 刺眼 (cìyǎn); (Hokkien) 鑿目／凿目, 刺鑿／刺凿, 刺人目
• (enviable): (Hokkien) 鑿目／凿目, 刺人目

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 刺目 – see 赤目 (“pinkeye; severe conjunctivitis; Cookeolus japonicus, a species of fish; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 赤目).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.