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盲目

盲目

Chinese

blind
 
eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title
simp. and trad.
(盲目) 		盲 目

Adjective

盲目

  1. blind (unable to see)
  2. (figuratively) blind; ignorant; lacking understanding
    不能盲目地跟從別人，要有自己的風格。 [MSC, trad.]
    不能盲目地跟从别人，要有自己的风格。 [MSC, simp.]
    Bùnéng mángmù de gēncóng biérén, yào yǒu zìjǐ de fēnggé. [Pinyin]
    Don't follow others blindly, you should have your own style.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盲 目
もう
Grade: S 		もく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

/maumoku/ → /mɔːmoku/ → /moːmoku/

From Middle Chinese compound 盲目 ‎(mæng mjuwk, literally “blind + eye”). Compare modern Cantonese reading maang4 muk6.

Pronunciation

Adjective

盲目 ‎(hiragana もうもく, romaji mōmoku, historical hiragana まうもく)

  1. blind
    恋 (こい)は盲目 (もうもく)、盲目 (もうもく)な愛情 (あいじょう)
    koi wa mōmoku, mōmoku na aijō
    love is blind, blind love

Inflection

Usage notes

Also used with the particle の ‎(no), as a noun modifying another noun.

  • 盲目 (もうもく)の法師 (ほうし)
    mōmoku no hōshi
    a blind monk

The adjective form with な ‎(na) is used to describe mental or emotional blindness, while the noun form can be used attributively with の ‎(no) to describe physical blindness.

Noun

盲目 ‎(hiragana もうもく, romaji mōmoku, historical hiragana まうもく)

  1. blindness

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Pronunciation

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