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眼 (ngaan5) — eye; ocular; look; glance in Cantonese

ngaanˏ₅眼
Mandarin Pinyin: yan3

Meaning of 眼

nouneye; ocular; look; glance
nounsalient point; insight
nountiny hole; aperture
nounclassifier for needle, nail, lamp, etc
nounclassifier for a well/spring
nouneyesight
noununaccented beat (in opera)
nountrap (in chess)
noun(noun) 1. the unit of needles; 2. eyesight

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Example Sentences with 眼

咪咁眼闊肚窄，重有好多餸；慢慢啲食！
Don't be so greedy, there's still a lot of food; eat slower!
zaamˊ²眨haaˏ₅下ngaanˏ₅眼jauˍ₆又geiˊ²幾ninˎ₄年
Several years flew by in the blink of an eye.
kimˎ₄鉗satˍ₆實ngaanˊ²眼dengˉ¹釘mangˉ¹掹ceotˉ¹出leiˎ₄嚟
Grip the nail tight and pull it out.
邊個叫佢眼高手低吖；無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高，佢都冇能力去做嘅。
It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through.
唔好用啲咁僻嘅字眼!
Don't use such uncommon wording!
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Words Containing 眼

拋媚眼paau1 mei6 ngaan5
make eyes at; give sb the glad eye; cast coquettish glance at
驟眼睇zaau6 ngaan5 tai2
at first glance/sight
對眼deoi3 ngaan5
cross-eyed. Cant.: 鬥雞眼
礙眼ngoi6 ngaan5
be an eyesore
眼尾ngaan5 mei5
edge of vision, where peripheral vision takes place.
沙眼saa1 ngaan5
trachoma (infectious disease of the eye caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis)
開眼hoi1 ngaan5
to begin a performance or movie
眼線筆ngaan5 sin3 bat1
an eyeliner; an eye pencil
眼目ngaan5 muk6
eyes
情人眼裏有西施cing4 jan4 ngaan5 leoi5 jau5 sai1 si1
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
使眼色sai2 ngaan5 sik1
to wink (at somebody)
睩大對眼luk1 daai6 deoi3 ngaan5
stare with big eyes

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