眼光

Chinese

		eye	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (眼光)		眼	光
anagram		光眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnguāng
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ gwong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngién-kông / ngián-kông
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): gán-kong
(Teochew, Peng'im): ngang² guang¹
Wu (Wiktionary): nge kuaan (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnguang
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-kuang¹
  - Yale: yǎn-gwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanguang
  - Palladius: яньгуан (janʹguan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kwɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnguāngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnguangr
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-kuangrh¹
  - Yale: yǎn-gwāngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanguangl
  - Palladius: яньгуанр (janʹguanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kwɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ gwong¹
  - Yale: ngáahn gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ guong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngién-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien` gong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯en³¹ koŋ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian` gong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯an³¹ koŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-kong
  - Tâi-lô: gán-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnkofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngang² guang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngáng kuang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nge kuaan (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋe̞²² kɯɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

眼光

eyes; gaze
眾人的眼光／众人的眼光 ― zhòngrén de yǎnguāng ― all eyes; public gaze
insight; vision
審美眼光／审美眼光 ― shěnměi yǎnguāng ― eye for beauty
市場眼光／市场眼光 ― shìchǎng yǎnguāng ― market insight
眼光遠大／眼光远大 ― yǎnguāng yuǎndà ― to be farsighted; to be foresighted
你眼光不錯嘛。／你眼光不错嘛。 ― Nǐ yǎnguāng bùcuò ma. ― You have good taste.
view; perspective
歷史的眼光／历史的眼光 ― lìshǐ de yǎnguāng ― historical perspective

Synonyms

(eyes):

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目光 (mùguāng)
眼火 (Wu)
視域／视域 (shìyù)
視界／视界 (shìjiè)

視線／视线 (shìxiàn)
視野／视野 (shìyě)
視閾／视阈 (shìyù) (literary)

(insight):

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慧眼 (huìyǎn)
目光 (mùguāng)
目力 (mùlì) (literary)
眼力 (yǎnlì)
眼孔 (yǎnkǒng)

眼水 (yǎnshuǐ) (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese)
眼界 (yǎnjiè)
觀察力／观察力 (guānchálì)
識別力／识别力 (shíbiélì)
鑒賞力／鉴赏力

(view):

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Synonyms of 眼光

想法 (xiǎngfǎ)
意下 (yìxià) (literary)
意思 (yìsi)
看法 (kànfǎ)
睇法 (Cantonese)
角度 (jiǎodù)
主張／主张 (zhǔzhāng)
倡議／倡议 (chàngyì)
建議／建议 (jiànyì)

意見／意见 (yìjiàn)
提議／提议 (tíyì)
看點／看点 (kàndiǎn)
見地／见地 (jiàndì)
見解／见解 (jiànjiě)
觀點／观点 (guāndiǎn)
諗法／谂法 (Cantonese)
議／议 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)

Derived terms

有眼光
不夠眼光／不够眼光

眼光短淺／眼光短浅
眼光菩薩／眼光菩萨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眼	光
がん Grade: 5	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) がんこー [gàńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ŋko̞ː]

Noun

眼(がん)光(こう) • (gankō) ^{←がんくわう (gankwau)^?}

sparkles in eyes
a gaze (a fixed look)
- 2003 September 22, Uraku, Akinobu, “第(だい)60(ろくじゅう)話(わ)　少(しょう)女(じょ)の決(けつ)意(い) [Chapter 60: A Girl’s Resolve]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 26:
  地(ち)上(じょう)で出(で)会(あ)った時(とき)とは見(み)違(ちが)える眼(がん)光(こう)…若(わか)き日(ひ)の華(カ)泰(シン)に似(に)ている……
  Chijō de deatta toki to wa michigaeru gankō… wakakihi no Kashin ni niteiru……
  That gaze… looks almost like Kashin’s when I first met him as a youth underground……