戲眼

Chinese

FWOTD – 7 March 2019

		trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show	eye
trad. (戲眼)		戲	眼
simp. (戏眼)		戏	眼
Literally: “eye of the drama”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-yen³
    • Yale: syì-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyean
    • Palladius: сиянь (sijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: hei ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ ŋaːn¹³/

Noun

戲眼

1. the most interesting part of an opera or film

   • 有人說：登泰山而看不到日出，就像一出大戲沒有戲眼，味兒終究有點寡淡。 [MSC, trad.]
     有人说：登泰山而看不到日出，就像一出大戏没有戏眼，味儿终究有点寡淡。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 楊朔 (Yang Shuo), 泰山极顶 (The Peak of Mount Tai)

     Yǒu rén shuō: Dēng Tài Shān ér kàn bù dào rìchū, jiù xiàng yī chū dàxì méiyǒu xìyǎn, wèir zhōngjiū yǒudiǎn guǎdàn. [Pinyin]

     Some say climbing Mount Tai without seeing the sunrise is like going to see Chinese opera without seeing the most interesting part- it would be pretty dull.