目下

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (目下)		目	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ haa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k-ē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùsià
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: mù-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhshiah
    • Palladius: муся (musja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: muhk hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² haː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-ē
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-ē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bag'e
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² e²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² e⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ e²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² e³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² e³³/

Noun

目下

1. (literary) the present time; the current time; the current moment

Synonyms

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• 刻下 (kèxià)
• 當前 / 当前 (dāngqián)
• 目前 (mùqián)
• 眼下 (yǎnxià)
• 眼前 (yǎnqián)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
目	下
め Grade: 1	した Grade: 1
kun'yomi

目(め) (me, “eye”) + 下(した) (shita, “below”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めした [mèshítá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) めした [mèshítáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ɕi̥ta̠]

Noun

目(め)下(した) • (meshita) 

1. below one's eyes
2. one's inferior; one's junior

   Antonym: 目上 (meue)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
目	下
もく > もっ Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もっか [móꜜkkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚ka̠]

Adverb

目(もっ)下(か) • (mokka) 

1. being very near in distance
2. now; at present

Further reading

• “目下”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026