目光

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (目光)		目	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ gwong¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-kong / ba̍k-kng / ba̍k-kuiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mag⁸ guang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùguang
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-kuang¹
    • Yale: mù-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhguang
    • Palladius: мугуан (muguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ gwong¹
    • Yale: muhk gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-kong
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogkofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-kng
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bagk'ngf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² kŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² kŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-kuiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-kuinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bagkvuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kuĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mag⁸ guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma̍k kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mak̚⁴⁻² kuaŋ³³/

Noun

目光

1. line of sight

   把目光聚焦在…… [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   bǎ mùguāng jùjiāo zài...... [Pinyin]

   to focus on...

2. look (in someone's eyes); gaze

   哀愁的目光  ―  āichóu de mùguāng  ―  sad look

   嚴峻的目光／严峻的目光  ―  yánjùn de mùguāng  ―  stern look

3. (figurative) vision; aspiration

Synonyms

• (field of view):

• 眼光 (yǎnguāng)
• 眼火 (⁶nge-hu) (Wu)
• 視域／视域 (shìyù)
• 視界／视界 (shìjiè)
• 視線／视线 (shìxiàn)
• 視野／视野 (shìyě)
• 視閾／视阈 (shìyù) (literary)

 

• (look): 眼神 (yǎnshén), (Hokkien) 目神
• (vision):

• 慧眼 (huìyǎn)
• 目力 (mùlì) (literary)
• 目潲 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 目識／目识 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 目頭／目头 (Hokkien)
• 眼光 (yǎnguāng)
• 眼力 (yǎnlì)
• 眼孔 (yǎnkǒng)
• 眼水 (ngaan⁵ seoi²) (Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin)
• 眼界 (yǎnjiè)
• 觀察力／观察力 (guānchálì)
• 識別力／识别力 (shíbiélì)
• 鑒賞力／鉴赏力 (jiànshǎnglì)

 

Related terms

• 眼色 (yǎnsè)