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

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• 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, 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): /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

1. (anatomy) ears and eyes
2. knowledge and information
3. snoops and spies

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])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑimo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

耳(じ)目(もく) • (jimoku) 

1. ears and eyes, seeing and hearing

   Synonym: 見聞 (kenbun)

2. 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

3. (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