眼 yǎn
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yǎn
noun
eye
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 n 1; Kroll 2015 '眼' 1, p. 529; NCCED '眼' 1) -
yǎn
measure word
measure word for wells
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 m; GHC '眼' 4; Kroll 2015 '眼' 4, p. 529; NCCED '眼' 4) -
yǎn
noun
eyeball
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 眼珠 (GHC '眼' 1; Kroll 2015 '眼' 1, p. 529) -
yǎn
noun
sight
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '眼' 1a, p. 529) -
yǎn
noun
the present moment
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '眼' 1b, p. 529) -
yǎn
noun
an opening; a small hole
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 n 2; GHC '眼' 3; Kroll 2015 '眼' 2, p. 529; NCCED '眼' 4) -
yǎn
noun
a trap
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 n 4; NCCED '眼' 3) -
yǎn
noun
insight
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '眼' 5) -
yǎn
noun
a salitent point
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 n 3; NCCED '眼' 6) -
yǎn
noun
a beat with no accent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
Notes: (NCCED '眼' 7) -
yǎn
verb
to look; to glance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yǎn' 眼 v) -
yǎn
verb
to see proof
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 见证 (GHC '眼' 5)
Contained in
- 眼中 in one's eyes
- 看走眼 to make an error of judgment; to be taken in
- 不起眼儿(不起眼兒) not remarkable
- 窟窿眼 small hole
- 肉眼观察(肉眼觀察) observation by naked eye
- 眼力 eyesight ; knowledge and experience
- 看不顺眼(看不順眼) unpleasant to the eye; objectionable
- 心眼儿(心眼兒) consideration; thoughtfulness; heart
- 天行赤眼 acute contagious conjunctivitis (TCM)
- 做眼 to work as spy; to act as a guide
- 暗绿绣眼鸟(暗綠繡眼鳥) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
- 眼皮子底下 right in front of somebody's eyes; right under somebody's nose; current; at the moment
- 眼光 vision ; to admire someone's ability
- 单眼皮(單眼皮) single eyelid
- 跌眼镜(跌眼鏡) to be taken aback
- 词眼(詞眼) key word
- 天低吴楚,眼空无物(天低吳楚,眼空無物) the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see
- 白眼珠儿(白眼珠兒) white of the eye
- 眼珠子 eyeball; the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
- 眼岔 to mistake for something else
- 翳眼 cataract
- 刺眼 to dazzle; to offend the eyes; dazzling; harsh (light); crude (colors); unsightly
- 丹凤眼(丹鳳眼) red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)
- 玳瑁眼镜(玳瑁眼鏡) hawksbill shell-rimmed eyeglasses
- 眼珠 an eyeball
- 斜愣眼 to squint
- 杏眼 large, round eyes
- 抢眼(搶眼) eye-catching
- 眼压(眼壓) intraocular pressure
- 凤眼(鳳眼) almond-shaped eyes
- 傻眼 stunned; struck dumb; flabbergasted
- 电眼(電眼) beautiful, expressive eyes
- 心眼多 to have unfounded doubts; overconcerned
- 眼热(眼熱) to covet; envious
- 丢眼色(丟眼色) to throw a glance at
- 下眼睑(下眼瞼) lower eyelid
- 眼内压(眼內壓) intraocular pressure
- 眼跳动(眼跳動) saccade
- 眼窝(眼窩) an eye socket
- 递眼色(遞眼色) to give someone a look
- 眼见(眼見) to see with one's own eyes
- 戴有色眼镜(戴有色眼鏡) to wear colored glasses; to have a prejudiced viewpoint
- 斩眼(斬眼) to blink
- 瞄一眼 to shoot a glance at
- 眼花缭乱(眼花繚亂) dazzling and chaotic
- 一霎眼 suddenly; in an instant
- 眼线笔(眼線筆) eyeliner (cosmetics)
- 打心眼里(打心眼裡) from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
- 配眼镜(配眼鏡) to have glasses made to one's sight
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- 卷73 奚康生 楊大眼 崔延伯 Volume 73: Xi Kangsheng, Yang Dayan, Cui Yanbo Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 39
- 卷三十七 列傳第二十五: 韓茂 皮豹子 封敕文 呂羅漢 孔伯恭 田益宗 孟表 奚康生 楊大眼 崔延伯 李叔仁 Volume 37 Biographies 25: Han Mao, Pi Baozi, Feng Chiwen, Lu Luohan, Kong Bogong, Tian Yizong, Meng Biao, Xi Kangsheng, Yang Dayan, Cui Yanbo, Li Shuren History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 35
- 卷70 劉藻 傅永 傅竪眼 李神 Volume 70: Liu Zao, Fu Yong, Fu Shuyan, Li Shen Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 30
- 卷四十五 列傳第三十三: 裴叔業 夏侯道遷 李元護 席法友 王世弼 江悅之 淳于誕 沈文秀 張讜 李苗 劉藻 傅永 傅竪眼 張烈 李叔彪 路恃慶 房亮 曹世表 潘永基 朱元旭 Volume 45 Biographies 33: Pei Shuye, Xiahou Daoqian, Li Yuanhu, Xi Fayou, Wang Shibi, Jiang Yuezhi, Chun Yudan, Shen Wenxiu, Zhang Dang, Li Miao, Liu Zao, Fu Yong, Fu Shuyan, Zhang Lie, Li Shubiao, Lu Shiqing, Fang Liang, Cao Shibiao, Pan Yongji, Zhu Yuanxu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 22
- 卷101 氐 吐榖渾 宕昌 高昌 鄧至 蠻 獠 Volume 101: Di Peoples, Tuyuhun, Dangchang, Gaochang, Dengzhi, Man, Liao Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 12
- 第二回 Chapter 97 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
- 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
- 卷五十五 列傳第四十五 王茂 曹景宗 席闡文 夏侯詳 士瞻 蔡道恭 楊公則 鄧元起 張惠紹 馮道根 康絢 昌義之 Volume 55 Biographies 45: Wang Mao, Cao Jingzong, Xi Chanwen, Xiao Houxiang, Shi Zhan, Cai Daogong, Yan Gongze, Deng Yuanqi, Zhang Huishao, Feng Daogen, Kang Xuan, Chang Yizhi History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 9
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
- 卷九十五 列傳第八十三: 蠻 獠 林邑 赤土 真臘 婆利 Volume 95 Biographies 83: Man, Rao, Linyi, Chi Tu, Khmer, Brunei History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 7
Collocations
- 大眼 (大眼) 大眼者為大目 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十一 皇甫嵩朱儁列傳 Volume 71: Biographies of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun — count: 66
- 竖眼 (豎眼) 魏將傅豎眼寇南安 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十七 列傳第十一 王珍國 馬仙琕 張齊 Volume 17: Wang Zhenguo; Ma Xianpin; Zhang Qi — count: 42
- 竪眼 (竪眼) 益州刺史傅竪眼出巴北 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷8 世宗紀 Volum 8 Annals: Shizong (Emperor Xuanwu) — count: 6
- 眼鼻 (眼鼻) 四面土霧入人眼鼻 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷十九 志第十一 五行 Volume 19 Treatises 11: Five Elements — count: 5
- 人眼 (人眼) 四面土霧入人眼鼻 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷十九 志第十一 五行 Volume 19 Treatises 11: Five Elements — count: 5
- 眼遣 (眼遣) 梁州刺史傅竪眼遣息敬紹率眾拒擊 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷9 肅宗紀 Volume 9 Annals: Suzong (Emperor Xiaoming) — count: 4
- 眼大 (眼大) 其眼大者自稱李大目 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs — count: 4
- 眼讨 (眼討) 詔平南將軍楊大眼討之 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷8 世宗紀 Volum 8 Annals: Shizong (Emperor Xuanwu) — count: 4
- 眼龟 (眼龜) 四眼龜見會稽 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷二十八 志第十八 符瑞中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Auspicious Signs 2 — count: 3
- 眼曰 (眼曰) 大眼曰 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷73 奚康生 楊大眼 崔延伯 Volume 73: Xi Kangsheng, Yang Dayan, Cui Yanbo — count: 3