眼見得

Chinese

		eye	to seem
trad. (眼見得)		眼	見得
simp. (眼见得)		眼	见得
alternative forms		眼見的／眼见的

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnjiànde

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ gin³ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnjiànde
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnjiànde̊
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-chien⁴-tê⁵
    • Yale: yǎn-jyàn-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanjiann.de
    • Palladius: яньцзяньдэ (janʹczjanʹdɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ d̥ə¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ gin³ dak¹
    • Yale: ngáahn gin dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ gin³ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ gin³ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ kiːn³³ tɐk̚⁵/

Adverb

眼見得

1. clearly; evidently; obviously (of something unpleasant)

   病人眼見得不行了。 [MSC, trad.]
   病人眼见得不行了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bìngrén yǎnjiànde bùxíng le. [Pinyin]

   It is clear that the patient won't pull through.

Synonyms

• 眼看得