# 赤目
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chìmù
    (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄇㄨˋ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiah-ba̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chìmù
*** Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄇㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chìhmù
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^4$-mu$^4$
*** Yale: chr̀-mù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhmuh
*** Palladius: чиму (čimu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-ba̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tshiah-ba̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiahbak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ bak̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bak̚⁴/

#### Noun

赤目
* (literary) pinkeye; severe conjunctivitis
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) Cookeolus japonicus, a species of fish

##### Synonyms

* (Cookeolus japonicus): 嚴公舅／严公舅, 紅目鰱／红目鲢, 紅目管／红目管, 紅目猴／红目猴, 紅嚴公／红严公, 嚴公仔／严公仔, 大目仔, 紅目睚／红目睚

#### Verb

赤目
* (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to envy; to be envious; to be jealous

##### Synonyms

* 吃味 (chīwèi) (regional)
* 妒嫉 (dùjí)
* 妒忌 (dùjì)
* 妒恨 (dùhèn) (literary)
* 媢嫉 (màojí) (literary)
* 嫉妒 (jídù)
* 忌 (jì)
* 忌垢 (ji$^4$ gou$^4$) (Sichuanese)
* 忌妒 (jìdù)
* 怨妒 (Hokkien)
* 惡妒／恶妒 (Hokkien)
* 欣羨／欣羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
* 歆羨／歆羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
* 目空刺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 目空赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 目紅／目红 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 目赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 眼氣／眼气 (nie$^2$ qi$^3$) (Jin)
* 眼紅／眼红 (yǎnhóng)
* 紅目／红目 (Hokkien)
* 羨慕／羡慕 (xiànmù)
* 葡萄 (pou$^4$ tou$^4$) (Cantonese, Hong Kong, neologism)
* 豔羨／艳羡 (yànxiàn) (formal)
* 赤狗目 (Quanzhou Hokkien)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 赤目 – see 刺目 (“dazzling; glaring; offending to the eye; unsightly; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 刺目).

### References

* “Entry #3418”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 赤 | 目 |
| あか Grade: 1 | め Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あかめ [àkámé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [a̠ka̠me̞]
* (Kyoto, Osaka) あかめ [àkàmé] (Teiki – [0])

### Noun

赤(あか)目(め) • (akame)
* (literally) red eye
* the Japanese lates (Lates japonicus), a species of fish

#### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アカメ.

#### Derived terms

* 赤(あか)目(め)河(ふ)豚(ぐ) (akamefugu)
* 赤(あか)目(め)四(し)十(じゅう)八(はち)滝(たき) (akame shijūhachitaki)

#### Related terms

* あかんべい (akanbei)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Yonaguni

Kanji in this term :
| 赤 | 目 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |

### Etymology

From 赤 (aga, “red”) +‎ 目 (mi, “eye”), due to the fact that newborns were perceived as red. Cognate with Japanese 赤目 (akame, “red eye”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɡami/

### Noun

赤目(あがみ) (agami)
* child
* infant