眼光光

Chinese

		eye	bright; bare; bald bright; bare; bald; naked
simp. and trad. (眼光光)		眼	光光

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ gwong¹ gwong¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ gwong¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: ngáahn gwōng gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ gwong¹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ guong¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

眼光光

1. (Cantonese) One's eyes wide open or staying open:
   1. to be helpless, powerless, at a loss what to do

      個乞兒眼光光睇住人哋食飯，自己一粒米都冇得食，真係冇陰功！ [Cantonese, trad.]
      个乞儿眼光光睇住人哋食饭，自己一粒米都冇得食，真系冇阴功！ [Cantonese, simp.]

      go³ hat¹ ji^4-1 ngaan⁵ gwong¹ gwong¹ tai² zyu⁶ jan⁴ dei⁶ sik⁶ faan⁶, zi⁶ gei² jat¹ lap¹ mai⁵ dou¹ mou⁵ dak¹ sik⁶, zan¹ hai⁶ mou⁵ jam¹ gung¹! [Jyutping]

      The beggar just looked helplessly at other people eating without a grain of rice for himself to eat. What a pity!

   2. to be unable to sleep, to have insomnia

      我成晚眼光光望住天花板，都瞓唔著。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      我成晚眼光光望住天花板，都𰥛唔着。 [Cantonese, simp.]

      ngo⁵ seng⁴ maan⁵ ngaan⁵ gwong¹ gwong¹ mong⁶ zyu⁶ tin¹ faa¹ baan², dou¹ fan³ m⁴ zoek⁶. [Jyutping]

      My eyes were wide open looking at the ceiling; I couldn't even sleep.

   3. to glaze over; to have dull eyes

Derived terms

• 眼光光，飲咗豬肉湯 / 眼光光，饮咗猪肉汤