醒目

Chinese

		to wake up; to awaken; to be awake	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title
simp. and trad. (醒目)		醒	目

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐngmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˇ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing² muk⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): séng-bo̍k / chhíⁿ-ba̍k / chhéⁿ-ba̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xǐngmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˇ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiingmuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐngmù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing² muk⁶
    • Yale: síng muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing² muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing² mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³⁵ mʊk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: síng-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefngbok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhíⁿ-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshínn-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvy'bak
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéⁿ-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshénn-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvefbak
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/

Adjective

醒目

1. eye-catching; flashy
2. (Cantonese) intelligent; bright; smart; clever

Synonyms

• (eye-catching): (literary) 奪目／夺目 (duómù)
• (intelligent):

Dialectal synonyms of 聰明 (“clever; intelligent; smart; bright”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聰明, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聰明, 機靈, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎, 聰慧
Mandarin	Beijing	聰明
	Taiwan	聰明
	Jinan	聰明
	Xi'an	靈, 靈醒
	Wuhan	聰明
	Chengdu	精靈, 聰明
	Yangzhou	聰明
	Hefei	聰明
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
	Hong Kong	聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
	Taishan	聰明, 叻, 參
	Kaiping (Chikan)	叻
	Yangjiang	伶俐, 叻
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	精
	Singapore (Guangfu)	精, 叻, 醒目
Gan	Nanchang	精靈, 聰明
Hakka	Meixian	聰明, 機靈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聰明
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	聰明
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	聰明
	Dongshi (Dabu)	聰明, 精
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	聰明, 精
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	聰明
Jin	Taiyuan	機靈, 聰明
Min Bei	Jian'ou	聰明
Min Dong	Fuzhou	聰明
Min Nan	Xiamen	聰明
	Quanzhou	聰明, 骨鳥 derogatory
	Zhangzhou	聰明
	Taipei	聰明, 巧, 明白
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聰明
	Manila (Hokkien)	巧, 𠢕
	Chaozhou	聰明
	Singapore (Teochew)	聰明
	Wenchang	精
	Singapore (Hainanese)	精
Wu	Suzhou	聰明
	Wenzhou	靈, 聰明
Xiang	Changsha	靈泛, 聰明
	Shuangfeng	聰明

Derived terms

• 醒目仔