媚眼

Chinese

		flatter; charm	eye
trad. (媚眼)		媚	眼
simp. #(媚眼)		媚	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèiyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ ngaan⁵ / mei⁴ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèiyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèiyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴-yen³
    • Yale: mèi-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyyean
    • Palladius: мэйянь (mɛjjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèiyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèiyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: mèi-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyyeal
    • Palladius: мэйяньр (mɛjjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ ngaan⁵ / mei⁴ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: meih ngáahn / mèih ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ ngaan⁵ / mei⁴ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ ngan⁵ / méi⁴ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² ŋaːn¹³/, /mei̯²¹ ŋaːn¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 媚眼 眉眼

Note: mei4 ngaan5 - non-standard.

Noun

媚眼

1. amorous and flirtatious glance; ogle; seductive eyes

Derived terms

• 打媚眼
• 拋媚眼／抛媚眼 (pāomèiyǎn)
• 飛媚眼／飞媚眼