眼神

Chinese

		eye	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (眼神)		眼	神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnshén
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ san⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngién-sṳ̀n / ngián-sṳ̀n
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): gán-sîn
(Teochew, Peng'im): ngang² sing⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnshén
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnshén
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-shên²
  - Yale: yǎn-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanshern
  - Palladius: яньшэнь (janʹšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (眼神兒／眼神儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnshénr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnshénr
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-shênrh²
  - Yale: yǎn-shénr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeansherl
  - Palladius: яньшэnр (janʹšɛnr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂəɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ san⁴
  - Yale: ngáahn sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ sɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngién-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien` siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯en³¹ sɨn¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian` siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯an³¹ sɨn¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: gán-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnsiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕin²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngang² sing⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngáng sîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ siŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

眼神

look (in someone's eyes); gaze; expression shown in someone's eyes
注意他的眼神。 ― Zhùyì tā de yǎnshén. ― Note the look in his eyes.
(dialectal Mandarin) eyesight

Synonyms

(look): 目光 (mùguāng), (Min Nan) 目神
(eyesight):

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目力 (mùlì) (literary)
眼力 (yǎnlì)

眼火 (Ningbo Wu)
視力／视力 (shìlì)

Derived terms

確認過眼神／确认过眼神 (quèrèn guò yǎnshén)