看走眼

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	to see wrong; to have an oversight; mistake to see wrong; to have an oversight; mistake; oversight
simp. and trad. (看走眼)		看	走眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànzǒuyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ zau² ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànzǒuyǎn [Phonetic: kànzóuyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànzǒuyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-tsou³-yen³
    • Yale: kàn-dzǒu-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanntzoouyean
    • Palladius: каньцзоуянь (kanʹczoujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ zau² ngaan⁵
    • Yale: hon jáu ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ dzau² ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ zeo² ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Verb

看走眼

1. to judge a person or situation wrongly; to fail to identify person or things that are bad and make the mistake of trusting them

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 走漏眼
• (Hokkien) 看走精