眼仔睩睩

Chinese

		little eyes
trad. (眼仔睩睩)		眼仔	睩	睩
simp. #(眼仔睩睩)		眼仔	睩	睩
alternative forms		眼仔碌碌 眼仔轆轆／眼仔辘辘

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ zai² luk¹ luk¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ zai² luk¹ luk¹
    • Yale: ngáahn jái lūk lūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ dzai² luk⁷ luk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ zei² lug¹ lug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ lʊk̚⁵ lʊk̚⁵/

Adjective

眼仔睩睩

1. (Cantonese) (little) eyes looking around with liveliness
   • 2009, 己文員, 《一本書耳》 [A Book Only], Hong Kong: 青森文化 [Red Corporation], →ISBN, page 27:

     隻蟹眼仔睩睩，舉起佢細細嘅蟹箝，好似唔驚佢 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     只蟹眼仔睩睩，举起佢细细嘅蟹箝，好似唔惊佢 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zek³ haai⁵ ngaan⁵ zai² luk¹ luk¹, geoi² hei² keoi⁵ sai³ sai³ ge³ haai⁵ kim⁴, hou² ci⁵ m⁴ geng¹ keoi⁵ [Jyutping]

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   • 2014, 陳淑莊, 《邊走邊吃邊抗爭》, Hong Kong: 紅出版, →ISBN, page 165:

     我看着這個眼仔睩睩的精乖小孩，心裏激動不已，他出世的前一晚，還是在媽媽的肚內看《東宮西宮》，今天他已經長得這麼高了。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     我看着这个眼仔睩睩的精乖小孩，心里激动不已，他出世的前一晚，还是在妈妈的肚内看《东宫西宫》，今天他已经长得这么高了。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ hon³ zoek⁶ ze² go³ ngaan⁵ zai² luk¹ luk¹ dik¹ zeng¹ gwaai¹ siu² haai⁴, sam¹ leoi⁵ gik¹ dung⁶ bat¹ ji⁵, taa¹ ceot¹ sai³ dik¹ cin⁴ jat¹ maan⁵, waan⁴ si⁶ zoi⁶ maa^1-4 maa¹ dik¹ tou⁵ noi⁶ hon³ “dung¹ gung¹ sai¹ gung¹”, gam¹ tin¹ taa¹ ji⁵ ging¹ zoeng² dak¹ ze² mo¹ gou¹ liu⁵. [Jyutping]

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Related terms

• 眼睩睩