Miaozi

眼

yǎnㄧㄢˇ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])

  2. 2

    (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance

  3. 3

    small hole

  4. 4

    (bound form) salient point

  5. 5

    classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

Examples

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我戴隱形眼鏡。

I wear contact lenses.

戴眼鏡應該能糾正你的視力。

Wearing glasses should correct your vision.

他雙眼發光地說著。

He talked with his eyes shining.

Sally 把前一天買的隱形眼鏡弄不見了。

Sally lost the contact lenses she had bought the day before.

這首歌太感人了，使我不禁流下了眼淚。

This song is so moving that it brings tears to my eyes.

Related

Related: 眼

字眼

zì yǎn

wording

眨眼

zhǎ yǎn

to blink

眼光

yǎn guāng

gaze

眼泪

yǎn lèi

tear; teardrop

眼界

yǎn jiè

(lit. and fig.) field of vision; scope; horizon

眼看

yǎn kàn

soon

眼睛

yǎn jing

eye

眼镜

yǎn jìng

spectacles

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