目箍

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Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	hoop; bind with hoops
trad. (目箍)		目	箍
simp. ^#(目箍)		目	箍

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k-kho͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): mag⁸ kou¹

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-kho͘
  - Tâi-lô: ba̍k-khoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bagqof
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ kʰɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² kʰɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² kʰɔ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mag⁸ kou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma̍k khou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mak̚⁴⁻² kʰou³³/

Noun

目箍

(Southern Min) eye socket
(Southern Min) rim of the eye; skin around the eyes
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “圈”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press:
  
  伊的目圈紅紅，是在哭也不是？ [Teochew, trad.]
  伊的目圈红红，是在哭也不是？ [Teochew, simp.]
  i¹ gai⁵ mak⁸ kou¹ ang⁵ ang⁵, si⁶ do² kao³ a¹ m⁷ si⁶? [Peng'im]
  Her eyes are red, she is crying is she not?
- 孤單送行的人　帶著心事目眶紅 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  孤单送行的人　带着心事目眶红 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2005, 翁立友 (lyricist 巴步), 送行
  ko͘-toaⁿ sàng-hêng ê lâng, tòa tio̍h sim-sū ba̍k-kho͘ âng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

眼眶 (yǎnkuàng)
眼圈 (yǎnquān)
(Sichuan) 眼眶眶, 眼圈圈, 眼圈圈兒／眼圈圈儿
(Jin, Xiang) 眼眶子
(Jin) 眼窟子

Derived terms

烏目箍 / 乌目箍

References

“目箍”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “圈”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 314

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