赤目

Chinese

	red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
simp. and trad. (赤目)	赤	目
alternative forms	刺目 (to envy)
anagram	目赤

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chìmù

(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄇㄨˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiah-ba̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chìmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chìhmù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-mu⁴
  - Yale: chr̀-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhmuh
  - Palladius: чиму (čimu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-ba̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tshiah-ba̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiahbak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ bak̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bak̚⁴/

Noun

赤目

(literary) pinkeye; severe conjunctivitis
(Taiwanese Hokkien) Cookeolus japonicus, a species of fish

Synonyms

(Cookeolus japonicus): 嚴公舅／严公舅, 紅目鰱／红目鲢, 紅目管／红目管, 紅目猴／红目猴, 紅嚴公／红严公, 嚴公仔／严公仔, 大目仔, 紅目睚／红目睚

Verb

赤目

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to envy; to be envious; to be jealous

Synonyms

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吃味 (chīwèi) (regional)
妒嫉 (dùjí)
妒忌 (dùjì)
妒恨 (dùhèn) (literary)
媢嫉 (màojí) (literary)
嫉妒 (jídù)
忌 (jì)
忌垢 (ji⁴ gou⁴) (Sichuanese)
忌妒 (jìdù)
怨妒 (Hokkien)
惡妒 / 恶妒 (Hokkien)
欣羨 / 欣羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
歆羨 / 歆羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
目珠紅 / 目珠红 (Puxian Min)
目空刺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
目空赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
目紅 / 目红 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
目赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
眼氣 / 眼气 (nie² qi³) (Jin)
眼紅 / 眼红 (yǎnhóng)
紅目 / 红目 (Hokkien)
羨慕 / 羡慕 (xiànmù)
葡萄 (pou⁴ tou⁴) (Cantonese, Hong Kong, neologism)
豔羨 / 艳羡 (yànxiàn) (formal)
赤狗目 (Quanzhou Hokkien)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 赤目 – see 刺目 (“dazzling; glaring; offending to the eye; unsightly; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 刺目).

References

“赤目”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	目
あか Grade: 1	め Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あかめ [àkámé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠me̞]

(Kyoto, Osaka) あかめ [àkàmé] (Teiki – [0])

Noun

赤(あか)目(め) • (akame)

(literally) red eye
the Japanese lates (Lates japonicus), a species of fish

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アカメ (akame).

Derived terms

赤(あか)目(め)河(ふ)豚(ぐ) (akamefugu)
赤(あか)目(め)四(し)十(じゅう)八(はち)滝(たき) (akame shijūhachitaki)

Related terms

あかんべい (akanbei)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Yonaguni

Kanji in this term
赤	目
Grade: 1	Grade: 1

Etymology

From 赤 (aga, “red”) +‎ 目 (mi, “eye”), due to the fact that newborns were perceived as red. Cognate with Japanese 赤目 (akame, “red eye”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɡami/

Noun

赤目(あがみ) (agami)

child
infant

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

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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