貓眼

Chinese

		cat	eye
trad. (貓眼)		貓	眼
simp. (猫眼)		猫	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māoyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau¹ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māoyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: maoyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: mao¹-yen³
    • Yale: māu-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhauyean
    • Palladius: маоянь (maojanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (貓兒眼 / 猫儿眼)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māoryǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: maoryǎn
    • Wade–Giles: mao¹-ʼrh-yen³
    • Yale: māur-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaulyean
    • Palladius: маорянь (maorjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: māau ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Noun

貓眼

1. (mineralogy) cat's eye
2. (colloquial) spyhole; peephole

Synonyms

• (cat's eye): 貓睛／猫睛
• (spyhole): 貓睛／猫睛

Derived terms

• 貓眼石 / 猫眼石