醒目

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐngmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˇ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing² muk⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): séng-bo̍k / séng-mo̍k / chhíⁿ-ba̍k / chhéⁿ-ba̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên² mag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐngmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˇ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐngmù
    • Wade–Giles: hsing³-mu⁴
    • Yale: syǐng-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiingmuh
    • Palladius: синму (sinmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing² muk⁶
    • Yale: síng muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing² muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing² mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³⁵ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: síng-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefngbok
    • IPA (Singapore): /seŋ⁴²⁻²⁴ bɔk̚⁴³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-mo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: síng-mo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefngmok
    • IPA (Singapore): /seŋ⁴²⁻²⁴ mɔk̚⁴³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhíⁿ-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshínn-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvy'bak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéⁿ-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshénn-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvefbak
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên² mag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshéⁿ ma̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ⁵²⁻³⁵ mak̚⁴/

Adjective

醒目

1. eye-catching; flashy
2. (Cantonese, Singapore Hokkien) 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
	Guilin	聰明
	Yangzhou	聰明
	Hefei	聰明
	Malaysia	聰明
	Singapore	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, 扮𠮨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聰明, 精, 叻, 醒目, 扮𠮨
Gan	Nanchang	精靈, 聰明
Hakka	Meixian	聰明, 機靈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聰明
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聰明
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聰明
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聰明, 精
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聰明, 精
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聰明
	Kuching (Hepo)	將
Jin	Taiyuan	機靈, 聰明
Northern Min	Jian'ou	聰明
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聰明
Southern Min	Xiamen	聰明
	Quanzhou	聰明, 骨鳥 derogatory
	Zhangzhou	聰明
	Taipei	聰明, 巧, 明白
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聰明, 𠢕, 勥, 醒目, 巧
	Manila (Hokkien)	巧, 勥, 𠢕
	Chaozhou	聰明
	Singapore (Teochew)	聰明
	Wenchang	精
	Singapore (Hainanese)	精
Wu	Suzhou	聰明
	Ningbo	聰明
	Wenzhou	靈, 聰明
Xiang	Changsha	靈泛, 聰明
	Shuangfeng	聰明

Derived terms

• 醒目仔