目頭

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (目頭)		目	頭
simp. (目头)		目	头
anagram		頭目／头目

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bagtaau
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²³/

(Hokkien) Homophone: 嘜頭 / 唛头 (ba̍k-thâu)

Noun

目頭

1. (Hokkien) brows
2. (Mainland China Hokkien, figurative) expression (on one's face)
3. (Mainland China Hokkien, figurative) insight; vision

Synonyms

• (brows): 眉頭／眉头 (méitóu); (dialectal) 眉頭子／眉头子; (Dungan) 眉頭兒／眉头儿
• (expression):

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• 情態 / 情态 (qíngtài) (literary)
• 神情 (shénqíng)
• 神態 / 神态 (shéntài)
• 神色 (shénsè)
• 臉相 / 脸相 (liǎnxiàng)
• 臉色 / 脸色 (liǎnsè)
• 表情 (biǎoqíng)
• 面昌 (Hokkien)
• 面神 (Hokkien)
• 面色 (miànsè)

• (insight):

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• 慧眼 (huìyǎn)
• 目光 (mùguāng)
• 目力 (mùlì) (literary)
• 目潲 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 目識 / 目识 (Singapore 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)

Derived terms

• 目頭巧 / 目头巧
• 目頭金 / 目头金
• 結目頭 / 结目头

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	頭
め Grade: 1	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun'yomi

目（め）頭（がしら）（inner corner of the eye）

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̞ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]
• (Tokyo) めがしら [mègáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [2])

Noun

目(め)頭(がしら) • (megashira) 

1. medial canthus; inner corner of the eye

Idiom

• 目(め)頭(がしら)が熱(あつ)くなる (megashira ga atsuku naru, “to be moved to tears”)
• 目(め)頭(がしら)を押(お)さえる (megashira o osaeru, “to stop oneself from crying, to hold back tears”)

Antonyms

• 目(め)尻(じり) (mejiri, “outer corner of the eye”); 目(め)角(かど) (mekado); 目(め)くじら (mekujira)

References

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

Further reading

• Definition of 目頭 - JapanDict: Japanese Dictionary