沙眼

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	eye
simp. and trad. (沙眼)		沙	眼
alternative forms		砂眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ ngaan⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soa-gán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shayǎn
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-yen³
    • Yale: shā-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shayean
    • Palladius: шаянь (šajanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: sā ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-gán
    • Tâi-lô: sua-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soa'garn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sua³³ ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡan⁴¹/

Noun

沙眼

1. (pathology) trachoma

Synonyms

• (Hokkien, Teochew) 目沙, 沙目