耳目

Chinese

		ear	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
trad. (耳目)		耳	目
simp. ^#(耳目)		耳	目

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ěrmù

(Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ muk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngí-muk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ní-bo̍k / jíⁿ-bo̍k / jí-bo̍k / hīⁿ-ba̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ěrmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ěrmù
  - Wade–Giles: êrh³-mu⁴
  - Yale: ěr-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelmuh
  - Palladius: эрму (ermu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ muk⁶
  - Yale: yíh muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ mʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngí-muk
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˋ mug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi³ mug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi³¹ muk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ní-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ny'bok
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jíⁿ-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: jínn-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jvy'bok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jí-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: jí-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jy'bok
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīⁿ-ba̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hīnn-ba̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvixbak
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hĩ³³⁻²¹ bak̚⁴/

Noun

耳目

Derived terms

耳目一新 (ěrmùyīxīn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
耳	目
じ Grade: 1	もく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じもく [jíꜜmòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑimo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

耳(じ)目(もく) • (jimoku)

ears and eyes, seeing and hearing
Synonym: 見聞 (kenbun)
people's attention
世間(せけん)の耳目(じもく)を驚(おどろ)かす
seken no jimoku o odorokasu
to startle the world
(idiomatic) to be the ears and eyes of someone; to work for someone as snoops and spies
Synonym: 補佐する (hosa suru)

総理(そうり)の耳目(じもく)となる
sōri no jimoku tonaru
to be the ears and eyes of the prime minister

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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