目水

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	water; river
simp. and trad. (目水)		目	水

Pronunciation

Hakka (Sixian, PFS): muk-súi
Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): mag⁸ zui²

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: mug` sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵ sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /muk̚² su̯i³¹/
Southern Min
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: mag⁸ zui²
  - Sinological IPA: /mak̚² t͡sui³¹/

Noun

目水

(Hakka, Leizhou Min) eyesight; strength of vision
(Taining Gan) tears
(Hainanese) eyedrop

Synonyms

(eyesight):

目力 (mùlì) (literary)
眼力 (yǎnlì)
眼火 (⁶nge-hu) (Ningbonese)
眼神 (yǎnshén) (Mainland China, colloquial)
視／视 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
視力／视力 (shìlì)

Dialectal synonyms of 眼淚 (“tears”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		淚, 涕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼淚, 淚水, 淚液
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	眼淚兒
	Taiwan	眼淚
	Ulanhot	眼淚
	Tongliao	眼淚
	Chifeng	眼淚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	眼淚
	Harbin	眼淚
	Malaysia	眼淚
	Singapore	眼淚
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	眼淚兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	眼淚, 淚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	淚, 眼淚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	眼淚
	Wanrong	淚顆
	Xi'an	眼淚
	Xining	眼淚
	Xuzhou	眼淚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	眼淚
	Bayanhot	眼淚
	Lanzhou	眼淚
	Ürümqi	眼淚
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	眼淚, 眼淚花兒, 眼淚水, 眼流水, 眼睛水兒, 眼睛水
	Wuhan	眼淚
	Guiyang	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Guilin	眼淚
	Liuzhou	眼淚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
	Yangzhou	眼力水, 眼淚
	Hefei	眼水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡, 眼淚水
	Hong Kong	眼淚 †, 馬尿 †, 眼水 ‡
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	眼淚
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	眼淚
	Macau	眼淚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	眼淚, 眼淚水
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	眼淚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	眼水
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	眼淚
	Foshan	眼淚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	眼水
	Foshan (Shunde)	眼淚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	眼淚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	眼淚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	眼淚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	眼淚
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	眼淚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	眼淚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	眼淚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	眼淚
	Taishan	眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	眼淚
	Enping (Niujiang)	眼淚
	Heshan (Yayao)	眼水
	Dongguan	眼淚
	Shaoguan	眼淚
	Yunfu	眼淚
	Yangjiang	眼淚
	Xinyi	眼淚
	Lianjiang	眼淚, 眼汁
	Nanning	眼淚
	Wuzhou	眼淚
	Yulin	眼淚
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	眼淚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	眼淚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	眼淚
Gan	Nanchang	眼淚
	Lichuan	眼淚
	Pingxiang	眼淚
	Jianning	眼涕
	Taining	目水
Hakka	Meixian	目汁
	Xingning	目汁, 眼水
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	眼淚
	Huidong (Daling)	目汁
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	眼汁
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	眼汁
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	眼汁
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	眼汁
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	眼水
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	眼汁
	Changting	目汁
	Wuping	目汁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	目汁
	Liancheng	目汁
	Ninghua	眼汁
	Yudu	眼淚
	Ruijin	眼泣水
	Shicheng	眼鼻水
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目汁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目汁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目汁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目汁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目汁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	目汁
	Hong Kong	眼汁
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	眼水
	Sabah (Longchuan)	眼汁
	Senai (Huiyang)	眼汁
	Singkawang	目汁
Huizhou	Jixi	眼淚, 眼淚水
Jin	Taiyuan	眼淚, 淚
	Xinzhou	眼淚
	Taibus (Baochang)	淚
	Linhe	眼淚
	Jining	淚
	Hohhot	淚蛋蛋
	Baotou	淚
	Dongsheng	眼淚
	Haibowan	淚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	目澤, 目澤水
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	目滓
	Fuqing	目滓
	Matsu	目滓
Southern Min	Xiamen	目屎
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	目屎
	Quanzhou	目屎, 目滓
	Jinjiang	目屎
	Zhangzhou	目屎, 目滓
	Zhao'an	目汁
	Dongshan	目汁
	Taipei	目屎
	Kaohsiung	目屎
	Yilan	目屎
	Changhua (Lukang)	目屎
	Taichung	目屎
	Taichung (Wuqi)	目屎
	Tainan	目屎
	Taitung	目屎
	Hsinchu	目屎
	Penghu (Magong)	目屎
	Penang (Hokkien)	目油
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目屎
	Manila (Hokkien)	目屎
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	眼淚
	Chaozhou	目汁
	Raoping	目汁
	Shantou	目汁
	Jieyang	目汁
	Haifeng	目汁
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	目汁
	Singapore (Teochew)	目汁
	Leizhou	目汁
	Haikou	目汁
Puxian Min	Putian	目滓
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	目滓
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	目滓
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	目滓
	Xianyou	目滓
	Xianyou (Fengting)	目滓
	Xianyou (Youyang)	目滓
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	目珠水
	Guangze	目珠水
	Jiangle	目汁
	Mingxi	目汁
	Shunchang	目汁
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	目睭汁
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	目汁
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	眼淚, 眼淚水
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	眼淚
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	眼水
Wu	Shanghai	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Suzhou	眼淚, 眼淚水
	Danyang	眼月
	Hangzhou	眼淚水兒
	Ningbo	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Wenzhou	眼淚, 眼淚水
	Jinhua	眼淚
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	眼漏
Xiang	Changsha	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Loudi	眼淚
	Shuangfeng	眼淚
	Quanzhou	眼淚
Note	† - from crying; ‡ - from irritation

Dialectal synonyms of 眼藥水 (“eyedrop”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼藥水
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	眼藥水
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	眼藥水兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	眼藥水兒
	Wanrong	眼藥水兒
	Xuzhou	眼藥水兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	眼藥水
Cantonese	Dongguan	眼藥水
Gan	Nanchang	眼藥水
Gan	Lichuan	眼藥水
Hakka	Meixian	眼藥水
Southern Min	Tainan	目藥水
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	目藥水
	Jieyang	目藥水
	Haikou	目水
Wu	Shanghai	眼藥水
	Danyang	眼藥水
	Hangzhou	眼藥水