眉目

Chinese

		eyebrow; upper margin	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
simp. and trad. (眉目)		眉	目
anagram		目眉

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méimù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ muk⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bâi-ba̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhai⁵ mag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méimù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méimù
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-mu⁴
  - Yale: méi-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meimuh
  - Palladius: мэйму (mɛjmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ muk⁶
  - Yale: mèih muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-ba̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bâi-ba̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bai'bak
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bai²⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bai²⁴⁻²² bak̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³⁻²² bak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³⁻³³ bak̚⁴/

Note: vernacular reading.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhai⁵ mag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bâi ma̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mak̚⁴/

Noun

眉目

(literal) eyes and eyebrows

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méimù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ muk⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-bo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méimù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méimù
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-mu⁴
  - Yale: méi-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meimuh
  - Palladius: мэйму (mɛjmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ muk⁶
  - Yale: mèih muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bî-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bi'bok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/

Note: literary reading.

Noun

眉目

(usually commendatory) facial features
(figurative) sequence of ideas (in an article)

Derived terms

眉清目秀 (méiqīngmùxiù)
眉目傳情 / 眉目传情 (méimù chuánqíng)
眉目清秀

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méimu, méimù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄨ, ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ muk⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-bo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méimu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méimů
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-mu⁵
  - Yale: méi-mu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.mu
  - Palladius: мэйму (mɛjmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méimù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méimù
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-mu⁴
  - Yale: méi-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meimuh
  - Palladius: мэйму (mɛjmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ muk⁶
  - Yale: mèih muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bî-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bi'bok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/

Note: literary reading.

Noun

眉目

main points; clues

Synonyms

徵候兒 / 征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
意思
景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
端倪 (duānní)
線索 / 线索 (xiànsuǒ)
苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
跡象 / 迹象 (jìxiàng)
頭緒 / 头绪 (tóuxù)
頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眉	目
び Grade: S	もく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bʲimo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

眉(び)目(もく) • (bimoku)

facial features