肉眼

Chinese

		meat; flesh	eye
simp. and trad. (肉眼)		肉	眼

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròuyǎn
(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ ngaan⁵
Min Nan (POJ): lio̍k-gán / jio̍k-gán / hia̍k-gán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ròuyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowyean
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: yuhk ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ ngan⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² ŋäːn¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-gán
  - Tâi-lô: lio̍k-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lioggarn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻²² gan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² gan⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍k-gán
  - Tâi-lô: jio̍k-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jioggarn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ gan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑiɔk̚⁴⁻³² gan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k-gán
  - Tâi-lô: hia̍k-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiaggarn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴⁻²² gan⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

肉眼

naked eye
the eyes of a layperson

Derived terms

肉眼通

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (肉眼):

→ Japanese: 肉眼 (にくがん) (nikugan)
→ Korean: 육안 (肉眼, yugan)
→ Vietnamese: nhục nhãn (肉眼)

Pronunciation 2

Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): nêg⁸ oin²

Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nêg⁸ oin²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ne̍k óiⁿ
  - IPA ^(key): /nek̚⁴⁻² õĩ⁵²/

Noun

肉眼

(Teochew) longan

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龍眼 (“longan”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		龍眼, 龍目, 荔枝奴, 亞荔枝, 驪珠, 圓眼, 益智, 燕卵, 蜜脾, 鮫淚, 川彈子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龍眼
Taxonomic name		龍眼
Mandarin	Beijing	桂圓
	Taiwan	龍眼
	Harbin	桂圓
	Shenyang	桂圓
	Jinan	桂圓
	Muping	龍眼
	Luoyang	桂圓
	Xi'an	圓圓
	Xining	桂圓兒
	Xuzhou	龍眼, 龍眼兒, 桂圓
	Lanzhou	桂圓, 圓圓
	Ürümqi	桂圓
	Wuhan	桂圓
	Chengdu	圓圓兒, 桂圓, 桂圓兒, 龍眼, 龍眼兒
	Guiyang	桂圓, 圓圓
	Guilin	桂圓
	Liuzhou	龍眼, 龍眼果, 桂圓
	Kunming	桂圓
	Yangzhou	圓眼
	Nanjing	桂圓
	Hefei	圓圓
	Malaysia	龍眼
	Singapore	龍眼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	龍眼, 圓眼
	Hong Kong	龍眼
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	龍眼
	Foshan	龍眼
	Shunde	龍眼
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	龍眼
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	龍眼
	Taishan	圓眼
	Kaiping (Chikan)	榕眼
	Dongguan	龍眼
	Shaoguan	龍眼
	Yunfu	榕眼
	Yangjiang	魚眼, 龍眼
	Xinyi	龍眼
	Lianjiang	龍眼
	Nanning	龍眼
	Wuzhou	龍眼
	Yulin	龍眼子
	Hepu	龍眼
	Danzhou	龍眼
	Kuala Lumpur	龍眼
Gan	Nanchang	桂圓, 泡圓
	Lichuan	頂圓
	Pingxiang	桂圓, 福圓
Hakka	Meixian	牛眼, 牛眼仔, 龍眼
	Xingning	牛眼哩
	Huidong (Daling)	龍眼
	Qujiang	圓肉
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	龍眼果
	Luchuan	龍眼
	Changting	圓眼
	Pingyu	龍眼
	Wuping	龍眼
	Liancheng	龍眼
	Ninghua	泡圓
	Yudu	泡圓, 林眼子
	Ruijin	圓眼
	Shicheng	泡圓
	Shangyou	泡圓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	牛眼
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	牛眼
	Dongshi (Dabu)	牛眼
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	牛眼
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	牛眼
	Hong Kong	龍眼
	Senai	龍眼
	Singkawang	龍眼
Huizhou	Jixi	桂圓
Jin	Taiyuan	桂圓, 龍眼
Min Bei	Jian'ou	龍眼
Min Dong	Fuzhou	龍眼
	Changle	龍眼
	Fuqing	龍眼
	Yongtai	龍眼
	Gutian	龍眼
	Fu'an	龍眼
	Ningde	龍眼
	Shouning	寶圓
	Zhouning	寶圓
	Fuding	寶圓
Min Nan	Xiamen	龍眼
	Quanzhou	龍眼
	Zhangzhou	龍眼
	Taipei	龍眼
	Kaohsiung	龍眼
	Tainan	龍眼
	Taichung	龍眼
	Hsinchu	龍眼
	Lukang	龍眼
	Sanxia	龍眼
	Yilan	龍眼
	Kinmen	龍眼
	Magong	龍眼
	Penang	龍眼
	Philippines (Manila)	龍眼
	Pingnan	龍眼
	Chaozhou	肉眼
	Shantou	肉眼
	Haifeng	肉眼
	Johor Bahru	龍眼
	Wenchang	龍眼
	Haikou	龍眼
Pinghua	Nanning	龍眼
Pinghua	Guilin	龍眼
Wu	Shanghai	桂圓
	Suzhou	桂圓
	Hangzhou	桂圓
	Wenzhou	圓眼, 魁圓
	Chongming	桂圓
	Danyang	泡圓, 桂圓
	Jinhua	桂圓
	Ningbo	桂圓
Xiang	Changsha	桂圓
	Shuangfeng	桂圓, 泡圓
	Loudi	泡圓, 桂圓
	Quanzhou	龍眼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肉	眼
にく Grade: 2	がん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) にくがん [nìkúgáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

肉眼 (hiragana にくがん, rōmaji nikugan)

naked eye

Synonyms

裸 (ら)眼 (がん) (ragan)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN