心心眼

Chinese

		heart; mind	heart; mind	eye
simp. and trad. (心心眼)		心	心	眼
Literally: “heart heart eye”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnxīnyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ sam¹ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxīnyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsinyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsin¹-yen³
    • Yale: syīn-syīn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshinyean
    • Palladius: синьсиньянь (sinʹsinʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ sam¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: sām sām ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ sam¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ sem¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Verb

心心眼

1. (originally Cantonese, slang) to develop enthusiastic feelings of love, infatuation and adoration when one sees someone or something one likes (as depicted by the emoji 😍)