手目
Chinese
| hand; convenient; ‑er | eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (手目) |
手 | 目 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-ba̍k
- Tâi-lô: tshiú-ba̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'bak
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ciu2 mag8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiú ma̍k
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ mak̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
手目
- (Hainanese, Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) protrusion at the wrist
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) knuckle; finger joint
- (Teochew) wrist
Synonyms
- (protrusion at the wrist): (Hainanese) 手目骨
Dialectal synonyms of 指關節 (“knuckle; finger joints”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 指關節 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 指關節 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 手指骨節兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 指頭圪節兒 |
| Wanrong | 手指頭節關 | |
| Xining | 指頭骨節 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 指頭骨節子 |
| Ürümqi | 指頭骨節兒 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 指拇兒節節 |
| Wuhan | 指甲彎 | |
| Liuzhou | 手節 | |
| Nanning (Wuming) | 指關節, 手指節 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 手節彎子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 手指纈 |
| Dongguan | 手指咳 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 節骨仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 手指節 |
| Yudu | 手指節 | |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 關節 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 手節 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 手節 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 掌頭仔目 |
| Quanzhou | 掌頭仔目 | |
| Zhangzhou | 掌頭仔目 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 手節 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 節頭拐 |
| Wenzhou | 手指節 | |
| Jinhua | 手拇執頭節 | |
Dialectal synonyms of 手腕 (“wrist”) [map]
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 手 | 目 |
| て Grade: 1 |
め Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) + 目 (me, “eye”, in reference to the “eyes” or pips, the dots on dice used for gambling).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [te̞me̞]
Noun
手目 • (teme)
- cheating or deceiving to favor oneself at gambling or some other activity, such as by making sure the dice roll a certain way, or by rigging a deal of cards
- such a cheat or deception
- plotting to undertake a crime or prank
- the scheme or plan for such a crime or prank
Derived terms
- 手目を上げる (teme o ageru): “to raise up [an instance of] cheating” → to see through and point out proof of a trick or deception
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN