利眼

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	eye
simp. and trad. (利眼)		利	眼
anagram		眼利
Literally: “keen/sharp eye”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-yen³
    • Yale: lì-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihyean
    • Palladius: лиянь (lijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: lijH ngeanX

Rime
Character	利	眼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	力至切	五限切
Baxter	lijH	ngeanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪH/	/ŋˠɛnX/
Pan Wuyun	/liH/	/ŋᵚænX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɪH/	/ŋænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liH/	/ŋəɨnX/
Li Rong	/liH/	/ŋɛnX/
Wang Li	/liH/	/ŋænX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liH/	/ŋănX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei6	ngaan5

Noun

利眼

1. (literary) sun
2. (literary) ruler
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   左利眼  ―  zuǒlìyǎn  ―  sinistrocular

   右利眼  ―  yòulìyǎn  ―  dextrocular