Chinese Word of the Day

眨眼
zhǎ yǎn

blink

Definitions

Chinese > English
眨眼	zhǎyǎn
1. adv. in a blink
2. v. to wink; to blink
English > Chinese
blink
1. 眨眼
Components
眨	zhǎ
1. to blink; to wink
佢碰見猛男，對眼會猛咁眨 - If she encounters a hunk, her eyes will bat non-stop
2. (Hakka) to close one's eyes
眼	yǎn
1. (anatomy) eye
2. sight; vision
瞪了他一眼 - to give him a stare
一眼睇嗮 - to be able to see everything in a glance
3. eyelet; aperture; hole; opening
4. tempo in the opera
一板三眼 - one strong beat and three weak beats in the four-beat rhythm
5. territory in game Go (board game).
6. mesh
7. key point; critical moment
8. (Go) trap
9. (Cantonese, mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand
10. (Cantonese)
Click here for character analysis