媚眼

媚眼

Chinese

		flatter; charm	eye
simp. and trad. (媚眼)		媚	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèiyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ ngaan⁵, mei⁴ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mèiyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyyean
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: mèiyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyyeal
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ ngaan⁵, mei⁴ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: meih ngáahn, mèih ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ ngaan⁵, mei⁴ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ ngan⁵, méi⁴ ngan⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² ŋaːn¹³/, /mei̯²¹ ŋaːn¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 媚眼 眉眼

Note: mei4 ngaan5 - non-standard.

Noun

媚眼

1. amorous and flirtatious glance; ogle; seductive eyes

Derived terms

打媚眼 拋媚眼／抛媚眼 (pāomèiyǎn)

飛媚眼／飞媚眼