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Word and Radical Components of 眼睛

The Chinese word 眼睛 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
眼睛 yǎnjing, yǎnjīng 1. n. eye; eyes
     眼睛jing 顏色 - eye color
     張開 眼睛 - to open one's eyes
     閉上shang 眼睛 - to close one's eyes
      眼睛jing 漂亮liang。 - You have beautiful eyes.
     光線 眼睛jing 受不buliǎo。 - The light was too strong for my eyes.
      怎麼 這兒r 看書 燈光 這麼 眼睛jing 不好 。 - Why are you reading here? The light is so dim — it's not good for your eyes.
2. n. (mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand

眼睛 ⇨ 眼 + 睛
Component Pinyin Meanings
yǎn 1. (anatomy) eye
2. sight; vision
      - to give him a stare
      - 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)
11. (Cantonese)
jīng 1. eyeball
2. pupil of eye

眼 ⇨ 目 + 艮
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. (literary or Min) eye
     耳目 (ěrmù) - ears and eyes; spies
     目睭 (ba̍k-chiu) - eye, MN
2. item; entry
     賬目 (zhàngmù) - entry
3. list; catalogue; table of contents
     目錄 (mùlù) - catalogue
4. target; goal
     目標 (mùbiāo) - target
     目的dì (mùdì) - target, goal
5. (taxonomy) order
6. (classical) to call; to address (of people's names and titles)
     Synonyms: 稱呼
gèn 1. stopping
gěn 2. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing mountains. (☶)
3. (dialectal) blunt; straightforward
4. (dialectal) tough, chewy