眼淚
Chinese
| eye | tears | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (眼淚) | 眼 | 淚 | |
| simp. (眼泪) | 眼 | 泪 | |
| anagram | 淚眼／泪眼 | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
眼淚
- tear; teardrop
- 掉眼淚 / 掉眼泪 ― diào yǎnlèi ― to cry
- 流眼淚 / 流眼泪 ― liú yǎnlèi ― to tear up
- 擦乾眼淚 / 擦干眼泪 ― cāgān yǎnlèi ― to wipe away tears
- 忍住眼淚 / 忍住眼泪 ― rěnzhù yǎnlèi ― to choke back tears
- 流出鱷魚的眼淚 / 流出鳄鱼的眼泪 ― liú chū èyú de yǎnlèi ― to cry crocodile tears
Usage notes
- In some lects, including Cantonese and Nanjing Mandarin, 眼淚／眼泪 (yǎnlèi) is reserved for tears from crying. 眼水 (yǎnshuǐ) is used instead for tears from irritation, laughing, etc.
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 眼淚 (“tears”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 淚、涕 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 眼淚、淚水、淚液 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 眼淚兒 |
| Taiwan | 眼淚 | |
| Tianjin | 眼淚兒 | |
| Harbin | 眼淚 | |
| Hailar | 眼淚 | |
| Ulan Hot | 眼淚 | |
| Tongliao | 眼淚 | |
| Chifeng | 眼淚 | |
| Bayanhot | 眼淚 | |
| Jinan | 眼淚、淚 | |
| Muping | 淚、眼淚 | |
| Luoyang | 眼淚 | |
| Jiedian | 淚顆 | |
| Xi'an | 眼淚 | |
| Xining | 眼淚 | |
| Xuzhou | 眼淚 | |
| Yinchuan | 眼淚 | |
| Lanzhou | 眼淚 | |
| Ürümqi | 眼淚 | |
| Wuhan | 眼淚 | |
| Chengdu | 眼淚、眼淚花兒、眼淚水、眼流水、眼睛水兒、眼睛水 | |
| Guiyang | 眼淚水、眼淚 | |
| Guilin | 眼淚 | |
| Liuzhou | 眼淚 | |
| Yangzhou | 眼力水、眼淚 | |
| Nanjing | 眼淚 †、眼水 ‡ | |
| Hefei | 眼水 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 眼淚 †、眼水 ‡ |
| Hong Kong | 眼淚 †、眼水 ‡ | |
| Shunde | 眼淚 | |
| Foshan | 眼淚 | |
| Zhongshan | 眼淚 | |
| Dongguan | 眼淚 | |
| Hong Kong (Weitou) | 眼淚 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 眼淚 | |
| Taishan | 眼淚 †、眼水 ‡ | |
| Kaiping | 眼淚 | |
| Shaoguan | 眼淚 | |
| Yunfu | 眼淚 | |
| Yangjiang | 眼淚 | |
| Xinyi | 眼淚 | |
| Lianjiang | 眼淚、眼汁 | |
| Nanning | 眼淚 | |
| Wuzhou | 眼淚 | |
| Yulin | 眼淚 | |
| Hepu | 眼淚 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 眼淚 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 眼淚 |
| Lichuan | 眼淚 | |
| Pingxiang | 眼淚 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 目汁 |
| Xingning | 目汁、眼水 | |
| Huidong | 目汁 | |
| Qujiang | 眼汁 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 眼水 | |
| Luchuan | 眼水 | |
| Changting | 目汁 | |
| Pingyu | 目汁 | |
| Wuping | 目汁 | |
| Liancheng | 目汁 | |
| Ninghua | 眼汁 | |
| Yudu | 眼淚 | |
| Ruijin | 眼泣水 | |
| Shicheng | 眼鼻水 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 目汁 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 目汁 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 目汁 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 目汁 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 目汁 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 目汁 | |
| Hong Kong | 眼汁 | |
| Sabah | 眼汁 | |
| Senai | 眼汁 | |
| Singkawang | 目汁 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 眼淚、眼淚水 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 眼淚、淚 |
| Xinzhou | 眼淚 | |
| Baochang | 淚 | |
| Jining | 淚 | |
| Hohhot | 淚蛋蛋 | |
| Baotou | 淚 | |
| Dongsheng | 眼淚 | |
| Linhe | 眼淚 | |
| Haibowan | 淚 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 目澤、目澤水 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 目滓 |
| Fuqing | 目滓 | |
| Matsu | 目滓 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 目屎 |
| Quanzhou | 目屎、目滓 | |
| Zhangzhou | 目屎、目滓 | |
| Taipei | 目屎 | |
| Kaohsiung | 目屎 | |
| Tainan | 目屎 | |
| Taichung | 目屎 | |
| Wuqi | 目屎 | |
| Hsinchu | 目屎 | |
| Taitung | 目屎 | |
| Lukang | 目屎 | |
| Yilan | 目屎 | |
| Magong | 目屎 | |
| Penang | 目油 | |
| Singapore | 目屎 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 目屎 | |
| Pingnan | 眼淚 | |
| Chaozhou | 目汁 | |
| Shantou | 目汁 | |
| Johor Bahru | 目汁 | |
| Haikou | 目汁 | |
| Leizhou | 目汁 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 目滓 |
| Xianyou | 目滓 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 眼淚、眼淚水 |
| Guilin | 眼淚 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眼淚水、眼淚 |
| Suzhou | 眼淚、眼淚水 | |
| Hangzhou | 眼淚水兒 | |
| Wenzhou | 眼淚、眼淚水 | |
| Chongming | 眼淚水、眼淚 | |
| Danyang | 眼月 | |
| Jinhua | 眼淚 | |
| Tangxi | 眼漏 | |
| Ningbo | 眼淚水、眼淚 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 眼淚水、眼淚 |
| Shuangfeng | 眼淚 | |
| Loudi | 眼淚 | |
| Quanzhou | 眼淚 | |
| Note | † - from crying; ‡ - from irritation | |
Derived terms
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