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The Chinese word for eye is
眼睛

yǎn jing



eye

Chinese Definition


eye
     1. 名词.
Components
     1. (anatomy) eye
     2. sight; vision
           瞪 了 他 一 眼 - to give him a stare
           一 眼 睇 嗮 - to be able to see everything in a glance
     3. eyelet; aperture; hole; opening
     4. tempo in the opera
           一板三眼 - one strong beat and three weak beats in the four-beat rhythm
     5. territory in game Go (board game).
     6. mesh
     7. key point; critical moment
     8. (Go) trap
     9. (Cantonese, mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand
     10. (Cantonese)
     1. eyeball
     2. pupil of eye



Translations for and their definitions

眼睛
     1. n. eye; eyes
           眼睛jing 顏色 - eye color
           張開 眼睛 - to open one's eyes
           閉上shang 眼睛 - to close one's eyes
           你 的 眼睛jing 很 漂亮liang。 - You have beautiful eyes.
           光線 太 強,我 的 眼睛jing 有 點 受不bu了liǎo。 - The light was too strong for my eyes.
           你 怎麼 在 這兒r 看書 啊,燈光 這麼 暗 的,對 眼睛jing 多 不好 啊。 - Why are you reading here? The light is so dim — it's not good for your eyes.
     2. n. (mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand


針眼
     1. n. eye of the needle
     2. n. perforation made with a needle; pinprick
     3. n. (medicine) sty; hordeolum


     1. (anatomy) eye
     2. sight; vision
           瞪 了 他 一 眼 - to give him a stare
           一 眼 睇 嗮 - to be able to see everything in a glance
     3. eyelet; aperture; hole; opening
     4. tempo in the opera
           一板三眼 - one strong beat and three weak beats in the four-beat rhythm
     5. territory in game Go (board game).
     6. mesh
     7. key point; critical moment
     8. (Go) trap
     9. (Cantonese, mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand
     10. (Cantonese)


针眼
     1. Simplified form of 針眼




風眼
     1. n. eye (of a cyclone)


风眼
     1. Simplified form of 風眼


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