目屎

目屎

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title	stool; feces
trad. (目屎)		目	屎
simp. #(目屎)		目	屎

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): muk-sṳ́
• Min Dong (BUC): mĕ̤k^→mĕk-sāi / mĕ̤k^→maĕ̤k-sāi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k-sái / ba̍t-sái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mag⁸ sai²

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-sṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: mug` sii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵ si³
    • Sinological IPA: /muk̚² sɨ³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mĕ̤k^→mĕk-sāi / mĕ̤k^→maĕ̤k-sāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛiʔ⁵⁻³³ sai³³/, /møyʔ⁵⁻³³ sai³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Longyan, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-sái
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-sái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bagsae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² sai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Longyan): /bak̚³²⁻²¹ sai²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sai⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ sai⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² sai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² sai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍t-sái
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍t-sái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: badsae
    • IPA (Penang): /bat̚⁴⁻³ sai⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mag⁸ sai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma̍k sái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mak̚⁴⁻² sai⁵²/

Noun

目屎

1. (Hokkien) tears

   莫流目屎！ [Hokkien]  ―  Mài lâu ba̍k-sái! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Stop crying!

2. (Taining Gan, Hakka, Min Dong, Min Nan, Min Zhong, Puxian Min) sleep (substance found in the eyes after waking)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 眼淚 (“tears”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		淚, 涕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼淚, 淚水, 淚液
Mandarin	Beijing	眼淚兒
	Taiwan	眼淚
	Tianjin	眼淚兒
	Ulanhot	眼淚
	Tongliao	眼淚
	Chifeng	眼淚
	Bayanhot	眼淚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	眼淚
	Harbin	眼淚
	Yantai (Muping)	淚, 眼淚
	Jinan	眼淚, 淚
	Luoyang	眼淚
	Wanrong	淚顆
	Xi'an	眼淚
	Yinchuan	眼淚
	Lanzhou	眼淚
	Xining	眼淚
	Ürümqi	眼淚
	Wuhan	眼淚
	Chengdu	眼淚, 眼淚花兒, 眼淚水, 眼流水, 眼睛水兒, 眼睛水
	Guiyang	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Guilin	眼淚
	Liuzhou	眼淚
	Xuzhou	眼淚
	Yangzhou	眼力水, 眼淚
	Nanjing	眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
	Hefei	眼水
	Malaysia	眼淚
	Singapore	眼淚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
	Hong Kong	眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	眼淚
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	眼淚
	Macau	眼淚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	眼淚, 眼淚水
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	眼淚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	眼水
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	眼淚
	Foshan	眼淚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	眼水
	Foshan (Shunde)	眼淚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	眼淚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	眼淚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	眼淚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	眼淚
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	眼淚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	眼淚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	眼淚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	眼淚
	Taishan	眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	眼淚
	Enping (Niujiang)	眼淚
	Heshan (Yayao)	眼水
	Dongguan	眼淚
	Shaoguan	眼淚
	Yunfu	眼淚
	Yangjiang	眼淚
	Xinyi	眼淚
	Lianjiang	眼淚, 眼汁
	Nanning	眼淚
	Wuzhou	眼淚
	Yulin	眼淚
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	眼淚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	眼淚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	眼淚
Gan	Nanchang	眼淚
	Lichuan	眼淚
	Pingxiang	眼淚
Hakka	Meixian	目汁
	Xingning	目汁, 眼水
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	眼淚
	Huidong (Daling)	目汁
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	眼汁
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	眼汁
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	眼汁
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	眼汁
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	眼水
	Conghua (Lütian)	眼汁
	Changting	目汁
	Wuping	目汁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	目汁
	Liancheng	目汁
	Ninghua	眼汁
	Yudu	眼淚
	Ruijin	眼泣水
	Shicheng	眼鼻水
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目汁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目汁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目汁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目汁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目汁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	目汁
	Hong Kong	眼汁
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	眼水
	Sabah (Longchuan)	眼汁
	Senai (Huiyang)	眼汁
	Singkawang	目汁
Huizhou	Jixi	眼淚, 眼淚水
Jin	Taiyuan	眼淚, 淚
	Xinzhou	眼淚
	Taibus (Baochang)	淚
	Linhe	眼淚
	Jining	淚
	Hohhot	淚蛋蛋
	Baotou	淚
	Dongsheng	眼淚
	Haibowan	淚
Min Bei	Jian'ou	目澤, 目澤水
Min Dong	Fuzhou	目滓
	Fuqing	目滓
	Matsu	目滓
Min Nan	Xiamen	目屎
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	目屎
	Quanzhou	目屎, 目滓
	Jinjiang	目屎
	Zhangzhou	目屎, 目滓
	Zhao'an	目汁
	Taipei	目屎
	Kaohsiung	目屎
	Yilan	目屎
	Changhua (Lukang)	目屎
	Taichung	目屎
	Taichung (Wuqi)	目屎
	Tainan	目屎
	Taitung	目屎
	Hsinchu	目屎
	Penghu (Magong)	目屎
	Penang (Hokkien)	目油
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目屎
	Manila (Hokkien)	目屎
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	眼淚
	Chaozhou	目汁
	Raoping	目汁
	Shantou	目汁
	Jieyang	目汁
	Haifeng	目汁
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	目汁
	Singapore (Teochew)	目汁
	Leizhou	目汁
	Haikou	目汁
Puxian Min	Putian	目滓
	Putian (Donghai)	目滓
	Putian (Jiangkou)	目滓
	Putian (Nanri)	目滓
	Xianyou	目滓
	Xianyou (Fengting)	目滓
	Xianyou (Youyang)	目滓
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	目睭汁
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	眼淚, 眼淚水
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	眼淚
Wu	Shanghai	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Suzhou	眼淚, 眼淚水
	Danyang	眼月
	Hangzhou	眼淚水兒
	Ningbo	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Wenzhou	眼淚, 眼淚水
	Jinhua	眼淚
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	眼漏
Xiang	Changsha	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Loudi	眼淚
	Shuangfeng	眼淚
	Quanzhou	眼淚
Note	† - from crying; ‡ - from irritation

Dialectal synonyms of 眼屎 (“substance in eyes after waking”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		眵
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼眵
Mandarin	Beijing	眵目糊
	Taiwan	眼屎
	Chifeng	眵目糊
	Harbin	眵目糊兒
	Shenyang	眵目糊
	Yantai (Muping)	眵, 眼眵
	Jinan	眵目糊, 眼眵
	Luoyang	眵麻糊
	Wanrong	眵頭
	Xi'an	眼角屎
	Yinchuan	眼屎
	Lanzhou	眼屎
	Xining	眼角屎
	Ürümqi	眼屎
	Wuhan	眼屎, 眼㞎㞎
	Chengdu	眼屎
	Guiyang	眼屎
	Guilin	眼屎
	Liuzhou	眼屎
	Xuzhou	眵目糊, 眼屎
	Yangzhou	眼屎
	Nanjing	眼屎
	Nantong	眼眵, 眼屎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼屎
	Hong Kong	眼屎
	Foshan	眼屎
	Taishan	眼屎
	Dongguan	眼屎
	Nanning	眼屎
	Wuzhou	眼屎
	Yulin	眼屎
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	眼屎
Gan	Nanchang	眼屎
	Lichuan	眼屎
	Pingxiang	眼屎
Hakka	Meixian	目屎
	Xingning	眼屎
	Huidong (Daling)	眼屎
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	眼屎
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	眼屎
	Changting	目屎
	Wuping	目屎
	Wuping (Pingyu)	眼屎
	Liancheng	目屎
	Ninghua	眼屎
	Yudu	眼屎
	Ruijin	眼屎
	Shicheng	眼屎
	Shangyou (Shexi)	眼屎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目屎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目屎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目屎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目屎
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目屎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	目屎
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	眼屎
	Sabah (Longchuan)	眼屎
	Singkawang	目屎
Huizhou	Jixi	眼睛屎
Jin	Taiyuan	眵麻糊
	Xinzhou	眵糊
Min Bei	Jian'ou	目睭屎
Min Dong	Fuzhou	目屎
	Fuqing	目屎
	Matsu	目淚
Min Nan	Xiamen	目屎膏
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	目屎膏
	Quanzhou	目屎膏
	Jinjiang	目屎膏
	Zhangzhou	目屎膏, 目滓膏, 目屎
	Taipei	目屎膏
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	目屎膏
	Kaohsiung	目屎膏
	Yilan	目屎膏
	Changhua (Lukang)	目屎膏
	Taichung	目屎膏
	Tainan	目屎膏
	Hsinchu	目屎膏
	Kinmen	目屎膏
	Penghu (Magong)	目屎膏
	Penang (Hokkien)	目屎膏, 目屎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目屎膏
	Manila (Hokkien)	目屎膏
	Longyan	目屎
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	目屎 dry, 目膏 sticky
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	眼屎
	Chaozhou	目屎
	Shantou	目屎
	Jieyang	目屎
	Haifeng	目屎
	Leizhou	目屎
	Haikou	目屎
Puxian Min	Xianyou	目屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	眼屎
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	眼屎
Wu	Shanghai	眼眵, 眼污
	Shanghai (Chongming)	眼眵
	Suzhou	眼眵
	Danyang	眼眵, 眼睛屎
	Hangzhou	眼眵污
	Ningbo	眼屙
	Wenzhou	眼汪
	Jinhua	眼淚涴, 眼粒涴
Xiang	Changsha	眼屎
	Loudi	眼屎
	Quanzhou	眼屎, 眼裡屎

Derived terms

流目屎

目屎膏

References

• “臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #432”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• Duffus, William (1883), “secretion”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 237

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	屎
め Grade: 1	くそ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

目(め)屎(くそ) • (mekuso) 

1. Alternative spelling of 目糞 (“gound; rheum; eye mucus”)