Japanese Word Entry
目から鼻へ拔けるSimplified Japanese form: 目から鼻へ抜ける
Kana: | めからはなへぬける |
Romaji: | mekarahanahenukeru |
Definition: | to be very shrewd, to be highly intelligent, to be very smart |
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Chinese characters used in this word
目 | eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor, see, division, topic, Kangxi radical 109 |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄇㄨˋ (mù) |
Cantonese: | muk6 |
Japanese: | モク (moku)、 ボク (boku) / め (me)、 -め (-me)、 ま- (ma-)、 まなこ (manako)、 さかん (sakan) |
Korean: | 목 (mog) |
Vietnamese: | mục |
鼻 | nose, snout, first, Kangxi radical 209 |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄅㄧˊ (bí) |
Cantonese: | bei6 |
Japanese: | ビ (bi)、 ヒ (hi) / はな (hana) |
Korean: | 비 (bi) |
Vietnamese: | tị |
拔 | extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit, uproot |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄅㄚˊ (bá), ㄅㄛ (bō), ㄅㄧㄝˊ (bié), ㄈㄚˊ (fá), ㄅㄟˋ (bèi) |
Cantonese: | bat6 |
Japanese: | バツ (batsu)、 ハイ (hai)、 ハツ (hatsu) / ぬ.く (nuku)、 ぬ.ける (nukeru)、 ぬ.かす (nukasu)、 ぬ.かる (nukaru)、 たすける (tasukeru) |
Korean: | 발 (bal), 패 (pae) |
Vietnamese: | bạt, bội |
Variants
Simplified Japanese form: | 抜 |