眼緣

Chinese

		eye	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (眼緣)		眼	緣
simp. (眼缘)		眼	缘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyuán
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-yüan²
    • Yale: yǎn-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyuan
    • Palladius: яньюань (janʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnyuánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyuánr
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-yüan²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yǎn-ywánr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyual
    • Palladius: яньюаньр (janʹjuanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ jyun⁴
    • Yale: ngáahn yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ jyːn²¹/

Noun

眼緣

1. the feeling that one is “connected to another person by fate” upon seeing their appearance for the first time; the feeling that one is attracted to another person

   不合眼緣／不合眼缘  ―  bù hé yǎnyuán  ―  to feel unconnected by fate to someone from the eyes, often (euphemistically) to find them unattractive

See also

• 瞼緣炎／睑缘炎 (jiǎnyuányán)