目定口呆
Chinese
eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title |
to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order |
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (目定口呆) | 目 | 定 | 口 | 呆 | |
| simp. #(目定口呆) | 目 | 定 | 口 | 呆 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mùdìngkǒudāi
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mùdìngkǒudai
- Wade–Giles: mu4-ting4-kʻou3-tai1
- Yale: mù-dìng-kǒu-dāi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhdinqkooudai
- Palladius: мудинкоудай (mudinkoudaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: muk6 ding6 hau2 ngoi4
- Yale: muhk dihng háu ngòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: muk9 ding6 hau2 ngoi4
- Guangdong Romanization: mug6 ding6 heo2 ngoi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mʊk̚² tɪŋ²² hɐu̯³⁵ ŋɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
目定口呆
- synonym of 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi, “to be stupefied; to be dumbfounded”)
- 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], chapter 93, in 二十年目睹之怪現狀 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades]: