有眼無珠

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	eye	not have	pearl; bead
trad. (有眼無珠)		有	眼	無	珠
simp. (有眼无珠)		有	眼	无	珠
alternative forms		有目無珠／有目无珠 有眼無瞳／有眼无瞳 肉眼無珠／肉眼无珠 眼內無珠／眼内无珠 盲眼無珠／盲眼无珠
Literally: “have an eye, but not an eyeball”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒuyǎnwúzhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ ngaan⁵ mou⁴ zyu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú gán bû chu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuyǎnwúzhū [Phonetic: yóuyǎnwúzhū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuyǎnwújhu
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-yen³-wu²-chu¹
    • Yale: yǒu-yǎn-wú-jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouyeanwuju
    • Palladius: юяньучжу (jujanʹučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ ngaan⁵ mou⁴ zyu¹
    • Yale: yáuh ngáahn mòuh jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ ngaan⁵ mou⁴ dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ ngan⁵ mou⁴ ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ ŋaːn¹³ mou̯²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú gán bû chu
    • Tâi-lô: iú gán bû tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuo garn buu zw
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/

Idiom

有眼無珠

1. (figurative) lacking the ability to see or discern; to have a narrow vision; ignorant

References

• “Entry #7667”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.