眼巴巴

Chinese

		eye	very; extremely
simp. and trad. (眼巴巴)		眼	巴巴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnbābā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ baa¹ baa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnbābā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnbaba
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-pa¹-pa¹
    • Yale: yǎn-bā-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanbaba
    • Palladius: яньбаба (janʹbaba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ baa¹ baa¹
    • Yale: ngáahn bā bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ baa¹ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ ba¹ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ paː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/

Adjective

眼巴巴

1. (expecting) eager(ly); anxious(ly)
2. helpless(ly watching something unpleasant happen)