The Chinese word for eye is
眼睛
yǎn jingChinese Definition
eye | |
1. 名词. 眼 | |
Components | |
眼 | |
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) | |
睛 | |
1. eyeball | |
2. pupil of eye |
Translations for 睛 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 |
针眼 | |
1. Simplified form of 針眼 |
眼 | |
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) | |
風眼 | |
1. n. eye (of a cyclone) |
风眼 | |
1. Simplified form of 風眼 |
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