"眼" • Chinese-English Dictionary

DICTIONARY OPTIONS
CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional
PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale
» Search by Radical
眼
Trad. 眼
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 目
Strokes 5
Composition
Strokes 11
Structure
Decomp. 目艮
Prononciation
Mandarin yǎn
Entry Methods
Pinyin yan3
Kanji /
Cangjie
 BUAV
月山日女
Sijiao 6703.2
Wubi HVEY
CNS 11643 1-5C39
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+773C
GB2312 D1DB
BIG5 B2B4
眼 yǎn eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
Results beginning with 眼
眼睛 yǎn jing eye / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
眼前 yǎn qián before one's eyes / now / at present
眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect)
眼泪 yǎn lèi tears / crying / CL:滴[di1]
眼中 yǎn zhōng in one's eyes
眼光 yǎn guāng gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things
眼镜 yǎn jìng spectacles / eyeglasses / CL:副[fu4]
眼看 yǎn kàn soon / in a moment / to look on as sth happens
眼球 yǎn qiú eyeball / (fig.) attention
眼角 yǎn jiǎo outer or inner corner of the eye / canthus
眼下 yǎn xià now / at present / subocular (medicine)
眼见 yǎn jiàn to see with one's own eyes / very soon
眼眶 yǎn kuàng eye socket / rim of the eye
眼底 yǎn dǐ fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc) / inside the eye / right in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama
眼眸 yǎn móu eyes
眼皮 yǎn pí eyelid
眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance
眼帘 yǎn lián eyes (in literature) / eyesight
眼珠 yǎn zhū one's eyes / eyeball
眼科 yǎn kē ophthalmology
眼花 yǎn huā dimmed eyesight / blurred / vague and unclear vision
眼影 yǎn yǐng eye shadow (cosmetics)
眼界 yǎn jiè ken / scope
眼力 yǎn lì eyesight / strength of vision / the ability to make discerning judgments
眼熟 yǎn shú familiar-looking / to seem familiar
眼霜 yǎn shuāng eye cream
眼圈 yǎn quān rim of the eye / eye socket
眼红 yǎn hóng to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious
眼线 yǎn xiàn informer / snitch / spy / scout / (cosmetics) eye line
眼睑 yǎn jiǎn eyelid
眼袋 yǎn dài puffiness under the eyes / bags under the eyes
眼波 yǎn bō fluid glance
眼尖 yǎn jiān to have good eyes
眼罩 yǎn zhào eye-patch / blindfold / eye mask / goggles / eyeshade / blinkers (for a horse etc)
眼疾 yǎn jí eye disease
眼病 yǎn bìng eye disease
眼窝 yǎn wō eye socket
眼福 yǎn fú a treat for the eyes / the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful
眼馋 yǎn chán to covet / to envy
眼白 yǎn bái white of the eye
眼压 yǎn yā intraocular pressure
眼屎 yǎn shǐ gum in the eyes
眼药 yǎn yào eye drops / eye ointment
眼晕 yǎn yùn to feel dizzy
眼热 yǎn rè to covet / envious
眼柄 yǎn bǐng eye stalk (of crustacean etc)
眼岔 yǎn chà to mistake for sth else
眼眵 yǎn chī mucus in the eyes
眼虫 yǎn chóng Euglena (genus of single-celled plant)
眼点 yǎn diǎn eyespot (in lower creatures)
眼动 yǎn dòng eye movement
眼毒 yǎn dú venomous glance / hostile gaze / sharp-eyed
眼房 yǎn fáng camera oculi / aqueous chamber of the eye
眼瞓 yǎn fèn sleepy (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睏|困[kun4]
眼风 yǎn fēng eye signal / meaningful glance
眼高 yǎn gāo haughty / contemptuous / to have high expectations
眼格 yǎn gé field of vision
眼目 yǎn mù eyes
眼梢 yǎn shāo corner of eye near temple
眼生 yǎn shēng unfamiliar / strange-looking
眼时 yǎn shí at present / nowadays
眼跳 yǎn tiào twitching of eye
眼尾 yǎn wěi outer corner of the eye
眼瞓 yǎn xùn sleepy (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睏|困[kun4]
眼证 yǎn zhèng eyewitness
» MORE
眼睁睁 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly / to look on helplessly / to look on unfeelingly
眼珠子 yǎn zhū zi eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
眼巴巴 yǎn bā bā waiting anxiously / impatient
眼镜蛇 yǎn jìng shé cobra
眼药水 yǎn yào shuǐ eye drops / eye lotion
眼中钉 yǎn zhōng dīng a thorn in one's side
眼角膜 yǎn jiǎo mó cornea
眼线笔 yǎn xiàn bǐ eyeliner (cosmetics)
眼见得 yǎn jiàn de (dialect) obviously / clearly
眼线液 yǎn xiàn yè eyeliner (cosmetics)
眼科学 yǎn kē xué ophthalmology
眼成穿 yǎn chéng chuān to watch in anticipation (idiom)
眼虫藻 yǎn chóng zǎo euglena (biology)
眼电图 yǎn diàn tú electrooculograph (EOG)
眼底下 yǎn dǐ xia in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama / right now
眼房水 yǎn fáng shuǐ aqueous humor
眼干症 yǎn gān zhèng xeropthalmia (medicine) / dry eye syndrome
眼光短 yǎn guāng duǎn short-sighted
眼过劳 yǎn guò láo eye strain
眼镜猴 yǎn jìng hóu tarsier monkey
眼镜片 yǎn jìng piàn lens (in eyeglasses etc)
眼镜熊 yǎn jìng xióng spectacled
眼距宽 yǎn jù kuān orbital hypertelorism (medicine)
眼皮子 yǎn pí zi eyelid
眼跳动 yǎn tiào dòng saccade
眼中刺 yǎn zhōng cì a thorn in one's eye / fig. a thorn in one's flesh
眼珠儿 yǎn zhū r eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
眼花缭乱 yǎn huā liáo luàn to be dazzled
眼皮底下 yǎn pí dǐ xia in front of one's eyes
眼明手快 yǎn míng shǒu kuài sharp-sighted and deft
眼见为实 yǎn jiàn wéi shí seeing is believing
眼馋肚饱 yǎn chán dù bǎo to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom)
眼穿肠断 yǎn chuān cháng duàn waiting anxiously (idiom)
眼高手低 yǎn gāo shǒu dī to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
眼不转睛 yǎn bù zhuàn jīng with fixed attention (idiom)
眼动记录 yǎn dòng jì lù eye movement recording
眼动技术 yǎn dòng jì shù eye movement technique
眼科医生 yǎn kē yī shēng ophthalmologist
眼泪横流 yǎn lèi hèng liú to be overflowing with tears (idiom)
眼露杀气 yǎn lù shā qì to have a murderous look in one's eyes (idiom)
眼冒金星 yǎn mào jīn xīng to see stars / dazed
眼皮哭肿 yǎn pí kū zhǒng to have eyelids swollen from crying / very unhappy (idiom)
眼皮子浅 yǎn pí zi qiǎn short-sighted
眼圈红了 yǎn quān hóng le to be on the verge of tears
眼神不好 yǎn shén bù hǎo to have poor eyesight
眼神不济 yǎn shén bù jì to have poor eyesight
眼纹噪鹛 yǎn wén zào méi (bird species of China) spotted laughingthrush (Garrulax ocellatus)
眼瞎耳聋 yǎn xiā ěr lóng to be deaf and blind (idiom)
眼不见为净 yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng what remains unseen is deemed to be clean / what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
眼镜凯门鳄 yǎn jìng kǎi mén è spectacled
眼皮子底下 yǎn pí zi dǐ xià right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
眼纹黄山雀 yǎn wén huáng shān què (bird species of China) Himalayan black-lored tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys)
眼斑拟石首鱼 yǎn bān nǐ shí shǒu yú redfish / red drum
眼睛吃冰淇淋 yǎn jing chī bīng qí lín (slang) (Tw) to be checking out the hotties
眼不见，心不烦 yǎn bù jiàn , xīn bù fán what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
眼里容不得沙子 yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye
眼里揉不得沙子 yǎn lǐ róu bu dé shā zi see 眼裡容不得沙子|眼里容不得沙子[yan3 li3 rong2 bu5 de2 sha1 zi5]
眼中钉，肉中刺 yǎn zhōng dīng , ròu zhōng cì a thorn in one's side
眼观六路耳听八方 yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom)
眼色素层黑色素瘤 yǎn sè sù céng hēi sè sù liú uveal melanoma
眼观四处，耳听八方 yǎn guān sì chù , ěr tīng bā fāng see 眼觀四面，耳聽八方|眼观四面，耳听八方[yan3 guan1 si4 mian4 , er3 ting1 ba1 fang1]
眼观四面，耳听八方 yǎn guān sì miàn , ěr tīng bā fāng lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) / fig. to be observant and alert
眼见为实，耳听为虚 yǎn jiàn wéi shí , ěr tīng wéi xū to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself. / It ain't necessarily so.
Approximate Results for 眼
一眼 yī yǎn a glance / a quick look / a glimpse
双眼 shuāng yǎn the two eyes
耀眼 yào yǎn to dazzle / dazzling
亲眼 qīn yǎn with one's own eyes / personally
转眼 zhuǎn yǎn in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
着眼 zhuó yǎn to have one's eyes on (a goal) / having sth in mind / to concentrate
眨眼 zhǎ yǎn to blink / to wink / in the twinkling of an eye
字眼 zì yǎn wording
开眼 kāi yǎn to open one's eyes / to widen one's horizons
放眼 fàng yǎn to survey / to view broadly
养眼 yǎng yǎn visually attractive / eye candy / easy on the eyes / to protect the eyes
刺眼 cì yǎn to dazzle / to offend the eyes / dazzling / harsh (light) / crude (colors) / unsightly
白眼 bái yǎn to give a supercilious look / roll of the eyes
显眼 xiǎn yǎn conspicuous / eye-catching / glamorous
抢眼 qiǎng yǎn eye-catching
心眼 xīn yǎn heart / intention / conscience / consideration / cleverness / tolerance
睁眼 zhēng yǎn to open one's eyes
傻眼 shǎ yǎn stunned / struck dumb / flabbergasted
满眼 mǎn yǎn (of tears etc) filling the eyes / (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
泪眼 lèi yǎn tearful eyes
肉眼 ròu yǎn naked eye / layman's eyes
冷眼 lěng yǎn cool eye / fig. detached / (treating) with indifference
慧眼 huì yǎn an all-seeing mind / mental perception / insight / acumen
瞪眼 dèng yǎn to open one's eyes wide / to stare / to glare (at sb) / to scowl
媚眼 mèi yǎn charming eyes / coquettish glances
龙眼 lóng yǎn longan fruit / dragon eye fruit / Dimocarpus longan (botany) / CL:粒[li4]
顺眼 shùn yǎn pleasing to the eye / nice to look at
对眼 duì yǎn to squint / to one's liking
猫眼 māo yǎn peephole / chrysoberyl
正眼 zhèng yǎn facing directly (with one's eyes) / (to look sb) in the eyes
眉眼 méi yǎn brows and eyes / appearance / looks / countenance
斜眼 xié yǎn to look askance / cross or wall-eyed
挤眼 jǐ yǎn to wink
现眼 xiàn yǎn to embarrass oneself / to make a fool of oneself
碧眼 bì yǎn blue eyes
法眼 fǎ yǎn discerning eye
榜眼 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
屁眼 pì yǎn anus
合眼 hé yǎn to close one's eyes / to get to sleep
碍眼 ài yǎn to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)
网眼 wǎng yǎn mesh
电眼 diàn yǎn beautiful, expressive eyes
杏眼 xìng yǎn large, round eyes (considered beautiful)
偷眼 tōu yǎn to take a furtive look at
走眼 zǒu yǎn a mistake / an oversight / an error of judgment
针眼 zhēn yan (medicine) sty
针眼 zhēn yǎn eye of a needle / pinprick / pinhole
瞎眼 xiā yǎn to be blind
扎眼 zhā yǎn garish / dazzling / offensively conspicuous
单眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
泉眼 quán yǎn mouth of a spring or fountain
火眼 huǒ yǎn pinkeye
沙眼 shā yǎn trachoma
鸡眼 jī yǎn corn (callus on the foot)
打眼 dǎ yǎn to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous
枪眼 qiāng yǎn loophole (for firing) / embrasure
贼眼 zéi yǎn shifty gaze / furtive glance
复眼 fù yǎn compound eye
锁眼 suǒ yǎn keyhole
孔眼 kǒng yǎn hole (e.g. of sieve or colander)
扣眼 kòu yǎn eyelet / buttonhole
板眼 bǎn yǎn measure in traditional Chinese music / orderliness
词眼 cí yǎn key word
懂眼 dǒng yǎn (coll.) to know the ropes / an expert
斗眼 dòu yǎn see 鬥雞眼|斗鸡眼[dou4 ji1 yan3]
封眼 fēng yǎn tamping
凤眼 fèng yǎn elegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix
害眼 hài yǎn to have eye trouble
横眼 héng yǎn from the side of the eye / askance
红眼 hóng yǎn to become infuriated / to see red / envious / jealous / covetous / pink eye (conjunctivitis) / red-eye (flight)(photography) red eye
假眼 jiǎ yǎn artificial eye / glass eye
急眼 jí yǎn to be anxious / to get angry with sb
肋眼 lèi yǎn rib eye (steak) (loanword)
裸眼 luǒ yǎn naked eye
卯眼 mǎo yǎn mortise / slit
眯眼 mī yǎn to narrow one's eyes (as when smiling or squinting)
鸟眼 niǎo yǎn bird's eye
青眼 qīng yǎn lit. (to look) with a direct gaze / fig. respect / favor
起眼 qǐ yǎn to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative)
入眼 rù yǎn to appear before one's eyes / pleasing to the eye / nice to look at
桑眼 sǎng yǎn throat
嗓眼 sǎng yǎn throat
闪眼 shǎn yǎn to dazzle / to blink at / to open one's eyes wide
霎眼 shà yǎn to blink / in an instant / in the twinkle of an eye
榫眼 sǔn yǎn mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
天眼 Tiān yǎn nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou)
戏眼 xì yǎn the best part (of a play etc)
翳眼 yì yǎn cataract
灶眼 zào yǎn stovetop burner
障眼 zhàng yǎn to hinder the eyesight / (fig.) to trick into not noticing / to blindfold
长眼 zhǎng yǎn to have eyes / (fig.) to look where one is going / to watch one's step / to be cautious
斩眼 zhǎn yǎn to blink (literary)
照眼 zhào yǎn glare / dazzling
钻眼 zuān yǎn to drill a hole / drilling
做眼 zuò yǎn to work as spy / to act as a guide
» MORE
第一眼 dì yī yǎn at first glance / at first sight
不起眼 bù qǐ yǎn unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary
黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye
眨眼睛 zhǎ yǎn jīng wink
翻白眼 fān bái yǎn to roll one's eyes
一眨眼 yī zhǎ yǎn in a wink
双眼皮 shuāng yǎn pí double eyelid
单眼皮 dān yǎn pí single eyelid
青光眼 qīng guāng yǎn glaucoma
明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind)
着眼点 zhuó yǎn diǎn place of interest / a place one has one's eye on
开眼界 kāi yǎn jiè broaden, expand one's horizons
电子眼 diàn zǐ yǎn electronic eye
节骨眼 jiē gu yǎn (dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
嗓子眼 sǎng zi yǎn throat
使眼色 shǐ yǎn sè to give sb a meaningful look
千里眼 qiān lǐ yǎn clairvoyance
心眼儿 xīn yǎn r one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions
障眼法 zhàng yǎn fǎ diversionary tactic / smokescreen
下眼睑 xià yǎn jiǎn lower eyelid
饱眼福 bǎo yǎn fú to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
抛媚眼 pāo mèi yǎn to throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)
独眼龙 dú yǎn lóng one-eyed person
干瞪眼 gān dèng yǎn to watch helplessly
熊猫眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda
红眼病 hóng yǎn bìng pinkeye / envy / jealousy
肚脐眼 dù qí yǎn navel / belly button
丹凤眼 dān fèng yǎn red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)
斗鸡眼 dòu jī yǎn cross-eye
势利眼 shì lì yǎn to be self-interested
老花眼 lǎo huā yǎn presbyopia
白眼狼 bái yǎn láng thankless wretch / an ingrate
缺心眼 quē xīn yǎn stupid / senseless / dim-witted
黑眼珠 hēi yǎn zhū pupil of the eye
干眼症 gān yǎn zhèng dry eye / xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)
内眼角 nèi yǎn jiǎo inner corner of the eye
看花眼 kān huā yǎn to be dazzled / to not believe one's own eyes
在眼前 zài yǎn qián now / at the present
番龙眼  kasai
干眼病  xerophthalmia
检眼镜  ophthalmoscope
白眼珠 bái yǎn zhū white of the eye
重眼皮 chóng yǎn pí double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people)
大眼角 dà yǎn jiǎo inner corner of the eye
跌眼镜 diē yǎn jìng to be taken aback
递眼色 dì yǎn sè to give sb a meaningful look
凤眼兰 fèng yǎn lán water hyacinth
鬼遮眼 guǐ zhē yǎn selective blindness caused by a ghost, whereby one fails to notice obvious dangers
鼓眼睛 gǔ yǎn jīng protruding eyes
金眼鲷 jīn yǎn diāo alfonsino
看走眼 kàn zǒu yǎn to make an error of judgment / to be taken in
扣眼儿 kòu yǎn r erhua variant of 釦眼|扣眼[kou4 yan3]
抠字眼 kōu zì yǎn to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
窟窿眼 kū long yǎn small hole
老视眼 lǎo shì yǎn presbyopia
Chinese Tones