狗眼

Chinese

		dog	eye
simp. and trad. (狗眼)		狗	眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒuyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ngaan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuyǎn [Phonetic: góuyǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǒuyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: kou³-yen³
  - Yale: gǒu-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goouyean
  - Palladius: гоуянь (goujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² ngaan⁵
  - Yale: gáu ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Noun

狗眼

dog's eyes
(slang) (my) fragile eyes
亮瞎了我的狗眼 ― liàng xiā le wǒ de gǒuyǎn ― so bright or excellent that my delicate eyes have become blind (slang)

Derived terms

狗眼看人低 (gǒuyǎn kàn rén dī)
鈦合金狗眼／钛合金狗眼

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