睜眼

Chinese

		to open (eye)	eye
trad. (睜眼)		睜	眼
simp. (睁眼)		睁	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-yen³
    • Yale: jēng-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengyean
    • Palladius: чжэнъянь (čžɛnʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: jāng ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Verb

睜眼

1. to open the (or one's) eyes

Synonyms

• (archaic) 開眼／开眼 (kāiyǎn)
• (Hokkien) 展目

Derived terms

• 睜眼瞎 / 睁眼瞎 (zhēngyǎnxiā)
• 睜眼瞎子 / 睁眼瞎子 (zhēngyǎn xiāzi)