# 眸子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): móuzi, móuzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ ˙ㄗ, ㄇㄡˊ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mau$^4$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: móuzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: móuzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: mou$^2$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: móu-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou.tzy
*** Palladius: моуцзы (mouczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /moʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: móuzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: móuzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: mou$^2$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: móu-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moutzyy
*** Palladius: моуцзы (mouczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /moʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mau$^4$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: màuh jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mau$^4$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meo$^4$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

### Noun

眸子
* (anatomy) pupil
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Xiōngzhōng zhèng, zé móuzǐ liǎo yān; xiōngzhōng bùzhèng, zé móuzǐ mèi yān. Tīng qí yán yě, guān qí móuzǐ, rén yān sōu zāi? [Pinyin]
    If within the breast all be correct, the pupil is bright. If within the breast all be not correct, the pupil is dull. Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
* (by extension) eye
    From: c. 813, Li He (李賀),《金銅仙人辭漢歌》, translated by J. D. Frodsham
    Wèi guān qiān chē zhǐ qiānlǐ, dōngguān suānfēng shè móuzǐ. [Pinyin]
    The courtiers of Wei harnessed their chariots to travel a thousand leagues. The vinegar wind from the eastern passes arrowed their eyes.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 眸子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 瞳孔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 瞳人兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 瞳孔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 眼人兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 瞳人兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 瞳人兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 瞳人兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 眼娃娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 瞳人兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 眼仁子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 瞳孔, 瞳人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 瞳人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 瞳人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 瞳人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 瞳人兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 瞳人子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 眼公仔, 瞳人 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 瞳孔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 眼公 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 瞳人 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 瞳人 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 瞳仁, 烏眼仁子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 仙人頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 瞳孔, 黑眼仁兒, 眼睛仁仁 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 瞳人兒, 眼睛仁子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 瞳人, 烏珠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 瞳子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 尪仔頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 尪仔仁 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 烏仁 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 烏仁 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 烏仁 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 烏仁 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 烏仁 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 烏仁 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 尪仔頭 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 尪仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 烏仁 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 目睭尪 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 眼瞳 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眼仙人, 瞳孔 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 仙人烏子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 眼仙人 |
| Wu | Danyang | 眼孔 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 瞳人兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 仙人, 瞳孔 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 瞳人, 仙人頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 瞳人 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 瞳人 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 瞳子 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 眸 | 子 |
| ぼう Jinmeiyō | し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

眸(ぼう)子(し) • (bōshi)
* the pupil of an eye
* an eye