目下

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (目下)		目	下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùxià

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ haa⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k-ē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùsià
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: mù-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhshiah
  - Palladius: муся (musja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ haa⁶
  - Yale: muhk hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² haː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-ē
  - Tâi-lô: ba̍k-ē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bag'e
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² e²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² e⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ e²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² e³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² e³³/

Noun

目下

(literary) the present time; the current time; the current moment

Synonyms

刻下 (kèxià)
當前 / 当前 (dāngqián)
目前 (mùqián)
眼下 (yǎnxià)
眼前 (yǎnqián)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
目	下
め Grade: 1	した Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めした [mèshítá] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) めした [mèshítáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [me̞ɕi̥ta̠]

Noun

目(め)下(した) • (meshita)

below one's eyes
one's inferior; one's junior

Antonyms

(one's inferior): 目上

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
目	下
もく > もっ Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もっか [móꜜkkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚ka̠]

Adverb

目(もっ)下(か) • (mokka)

being very near in distance
now; at present