眼色

Chinese

		eye	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (眼色)		眼	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ sik¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gán-siak / gán-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnsè
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-sê⁴
    • Yale: yǎn-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanseh
    • Palladius: яньсэ (janʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ sik¹
    • Yale: ngáahn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-siak
    • Tâi-lô: gán-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gafnsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-sek
    • Tâi-lô: gán-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gafnseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Noun

眼色

1. hint given with the eyes; meaningful glance

Synonyms

• (Wu) 眼風／眼风

Derived terms

• 丟眼色／丢眼色 (diū yǎnsè)
• 使眼色 (shǐ yǎnsè)
• 做眼色 (zuò yǎnsè)
• 打眼色 (dǎ yǎnsè)
• 有眼色
• 沒眼色／没眼色
• 調眼色／调眼色
• 遞眼色／递眼色 (dì yǎnsè)

 

Related terms

• 目光 (mùguāng)