淚眼

Chinese

		tears	eye
trad. (淚眼)		淚	眼
simp. (泪眼)		泪	眼
anagram		眼淚／眼泪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèiyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèiyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèiyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴-yen³
    • Yale: lèi-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leyyean
    • Palladius: лэйянь (lɛjjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: leuih ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²² ŋaːn¹³/

Noun

淚眼

1. tearful eyes

   • 執手相看淚眼，竟無語凝噎。 [MSC, trad.]
     执手相看泪眼，竟无语凝噎。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 11^th century, Liu Yong, “Bells Ringing in the Rain”

     Zhí shǒu xiàng kàn lèiyǎn, jìng wú yǔ níngyē. [Pinyin]

     Hand in hand, we gazed at each other's tearful eyes. / Words failing, we choked with sobs.

Derived terms

• 愁眉淚眼 / 愁眉泪眼
• 淚眼愁眉 / 泪眼愁眉
• 淚眼汪汪 / 泪眼汪汪
• 淚眼矇矓 / 泪眼蒙眬
• 風淚眼 / 风泪眼