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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mù | mu4
English translation
eye
item
section
list
catalogue
table of contents
order (taxonomy)
goal
name
title
eye; to look, to see; division, topic

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Number of strokes

5

Radical frequency

647

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

Learning hint

An eye drawn on its side

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

口二

Explanation

Pictograph of an eye.

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zhè shì cháng 光亮 guāng liàng 夺目 duó mù , 场面 chǎngmiàn 很大 de mèng .

It was a vast, luminous dream.

审计员 shěn jì yuán 查对 chá duì 所有 suǒyǒu xiàn 官员 guān yuán 部门 bùmén de zhàng .

The auditor examines the accounts of all county officers and departments.

de 目光 mùguāng 恰好 qià hǎo yòu zài 那块表盘 biǎo pán 硕大 shuò dà péng 宛如 wǎn rú miǎo 器的手表 shǒubiǎo shǎng .

I happened to be looking at her enormous - faced, chronographic - looking wrist - watch again.

书籍 shūjí 目录 mùlù Chéng Suǒ .

Catalogues of our books will be sent on request.

B jiē 论述 lùn shù 目前 mùqián 经济 jīngjì 秩序 zhìxù de 某些 mǒu xiē 基本 jīběn 特点 tèdiǎn .

Section B descibes some fundamantal characteristics of the present economic order.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
目前 mùqián currently目前 mùqián
节目 jiémù program節目
目标 mùbiāo target目標
项目 xiàngmù item項目
目的 mùdì purpose目的 mùdì
eye
目光 mùguāng sight目光 mùguāng
目击者 mù jī zhě eyewitness目擊者
目击 mù jī to witness目擊
数目 shù mù amount數目
盲目 mángmù blind盲目 mángmù
目睹 mùdǔ to witness目睹 mùdǔ
目的地 mù dì dì destination (location)目的地 mù dì dì
题目 tímù subject題目
心目 xīn mù mind心目 xīn mù
目录 mùlù catalog目錄
引人注目 yǐn rén zhù mù to attract attention引人注目 yǐn rén zhù mù
栏目 lánmù program (TV or radio)欄目
头目 tóu mù ringleader頭目
瞩目 zhǔ mù to focus attention upon矚目
真面目 zhēn miàn mù true identity真面目 zhēn miàn mù
科目 kēmù subject科目 kēmù
曲目 qǔ mù repertoire曲目 qǔ mù
醒目 xǐng mù eye-grabbing (headline)醒目 xǐng mù
拭目以待 shì mù yǐ dài lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see拭目以待 shì mù yǐ dài

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Compounds

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    • zhāo
      • shǒu
      • Xià
      • chòu
        • xiù , qiǔ , xiù , , chòu , ,
      • jiá
      • niè
        • niè , niè , niè , , , , jiǎo , ,
        • ,
        • biān , ,
      • zán , biě , , , , biě , , , , , ,
    • Xiāng
      • zhēn
        • zhèn , tián , shèn , zhěn , diān , zhì , chēn , diān , zhèn , diān , zhēn , zhěn , tián , diān , tián , zhěn , zhěn , , , , , , , , , zhèn , ,
      • , , , , , ,
    • mào
      • mào , , mào , mào , mào , mào , fèng , , ,
    • shěng
      • , ,
    • dùn
      • xún , dùn , shǔn , xún , shǔn , , chūn , , , , , ,
    • méi
      • mèi , méi , méi , méi , , méi , méi , mèi , méi , méi , mèi , méi , , , , , , méi
    • juàn
      • ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • jué
      • jué , jué , jué , , jué , jué , , , , ,
    • jiàn
      • qīn
        • chèn , , , , , , chèn
      • jué
      • guī
        • guī , , , , kuī ,
      • jué
        • jiǎo ,
      • lǎn
        • lǎn , , lǎn , lǎn , , lǎn
      • guān
      • jìng
      • , guān , , tiào , , lǎn , , guān , , , , , xiàn , , , , , , xiàn , yàn , , , , xiàn , , , , jiào , , , , , shì , chān , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , , , jìn , , , , , , , , , , 覿, , , miǎn ,
    • miǎo
    • xiàn
    • suī
    • méng
      • měng ,
      • qióng , jué , , ,
      • , , , , , , ,
      • ruì
        • ,
    • qióng
      • huán
      • huán , huán , huán , xuān , huán , huàn , huán , , huán , huán , huán , , , , , , huán , , , huán , xuān , hái , , ,
    • bèi
      • bài
      • bīn
        • bīn , pín , pīn , , , pín , bìn , bīn , bìn , bīn , , , bīn , , , , , , bìn , bìn
      • shǎng
        • cháng , ,
      • zhì
        • zhí , , , , , , zhì ,
      • dài
      • xián
        • , , ,
      • yuán
        • xūn , , yǔn , , yuán , , , sǔn , yǔn , , , yún , , , yǔn , yùn
      • tān
        • tǎn ,
        • fán
          • fán
        • yǐng
        • dǐng
          • 嵿
        • qǐng
          • , qīng ,
        • xiàng
          • hòng
          • jiǒng , , , ,
        • dùn
        • lǐng
        • jié
          • xié , xié , xié
        • pín
          • bīn , pín , píng
          • ,
        • diān
          • diān , diān
        • lèi
          • ,
        • hào
        • xiǎn
        • , yán , , diān , , qiú , , , pàn , jǐng , è , , jiá , kuí , chēng , kǎn , xiǎn , , diān , jiǎng , , xiāo , , , , , , , diān , shuò , , shùn , , , , sòng , , háng , wán , bān , , , , , , , , , ,
        • , , , , , tóu , , jiá , , , , hàn , jǐng , tuí , , , , , , , , , , , , , , é , è , , , zhuān , , , yuàn , sǎng , , , , , , , , , , , , chàn , ,
        • , , , niè , quán
      • jiàn
      • zéi
      • fèi
        • , ,
        • , , , , , , ,
      • yīng
        • , , , , , , yīng , , yīng , , yīng , , , yīng
      • zhēn
        • zhēn , , , zhèng , , zhēn , zhēn , , zhēn , , , ,
        • , , ,
      • gòng
        • gàn
        • , gòng , , , , , gàng , , ,
      • guàn
        • guàn , shí , guàn , , , , , , ,
          • ,
        • zhài , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 鰿
      • èr
        • èr ,
      • guì
          • wěi , ,
          • ,
        • kuì
          • guì , ,
        • kuì , guì , guī , , tuí , , , , , , , , , , , kuì , , kuì , , kuì , , , , kuì
      • mǎi
        • mài
          • , shú , , , , , , , , , , , , , , dòu , , , 覿, , , , ,
        • , , mǎi
      • 貿 mào
        • pēn , fén , fén , pēn , , fěn , fén , fén , fēn , , fèn , , , , , , , , , , ,
        • , ,
      • jiǎ
        • , zuǎn , , , , , ,
        • ,
      • lài
        • , lài , , lǎn , , lài , , , lài , lài ,
      • zhuì
      • zèng
      • zàn
        • zuān , zǎn , zàn , zàn , zuǎn , , , , zǎn , , , , , , , , zàn , , ,
      • yíng
        • yíng , ,
      • péi , shú , zāng , gòu , shē , yīng , miē , bei , zéi , , gāi , yīng , chēn , suì , cóng , jìn , shèng , tǎn , , suǒ , , , , , 浿, , , bèi , , suǒ , , , , , , , cái , , , , pín , huò , fàn , , zhù , , , , biǎn ,
      • , tiē , , , , , lìn , huì , gāi , , , , , , , zhèn , , , , , zhōu , lài , , , , , , , zhàng , , , , , , , , , , , zhuàn , , sài , 賿, , , , , zhì , ,
      • , , shàn , , , , yàn , , , , , , bèi , suǒ , , , , , ,
    • kān , yǎn , shuì , qiáo , jīng , dīng , , xiā , mán , mián , zhēng , lèi , miáo , shùn , máng , pàn , , zhǎ , dèng , xuàn , jié , dǔn , tóng , cǎi , , zhǔ , , piē , dān , móu , kuàng , kuí , kàn , chǒu , lài , liǎo , zhān , jiǎn , piǎo , tiào , míng , chēng , kùn , , , mèi , , , zhēng ,
    • , , , shì , miǎn , pān , mào , kōu , yǎo , zhěn , , shěng , yuān , dié , lóng , suī , dié , míng , xuàn , chī , zhèn , , suō , hàn , huǎn , juàn , , , shǎn , lèng , liè , suì , , , hūn , hóu , mào , wěng , chēn , sǒu , shuì , zhàng , , Shěn , lín , jiàn , , , pín , guàn
    • yǎo , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , méi , , , , , , tiǎn , , , , , lài , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , kōu , , , , lōu , , mán , , , , , , , , , , , , , jiǎn , , , , , , , ,
    • méng , , , , , , , , , , lóng , , , , , zhǔ , , , , ,
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