雞摸眼

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy	eye
trad. (雞摸眼/鷄摸眼)		雞/鷄	摸	眼
simp. (鸡摸眼)		鸡	摸	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji¹ mo¹ yan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ji¹ mo¹ yan³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi mo ian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ mo⁵⁵ iɛn⁵³/

Noun

雞摸眼

1. (Sichuanese, pathology) night blindness; nyctalopia
2. (Sichuanese) person with night blindness

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 夜盲 (“night blindness; nyctalopia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夜盲, 夜盲症
Mandarin	Harbin	雀蒙眼
	Luoyang	雞宿眼, 雀蒙眼
	Wanrong	夜黑子
	Ürümqi	雞麻眼
	Wuhan	雞蒙眼
	Chengdu	雞摸眼, 雞蒙眼
	Liuzhou	雞蒙眼
	Xuzhou	夜盲眼, 雞宿眼
	Yangzhou	雀盲眼, 雀矇眼
	Nanjing	雀眯眼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雞盲
	Dongguan	發雞盲, 夜盲症
Gan	Pingxiang	雞毛眼
Hakka	Yudu	雞毛眼
Jin	Taiyuan	雀目眼
Southern Min	Xiamen	雀盲, 雞仔目
	Quanzhou	雀盲
	Zhangzhou	雀盲, 雞仔目
	Taipei	雞仔目
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雞仔目
	Kaohsiung	雞仔目
	Yilan	雞仔目
	Changhua (Lukang)	雞仔目
	Taichung	雞仔目
	Tainan	雞仔目
	Hsinchu	雞目
	Kinmen	雞目
	Penghu (Magong)	雞目
	Chaozhou	雀盲
	Shantou	雀盲
	Leizhou	照雞盲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	發雞盲
Wu	Shanghai	雞宿眼
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雞白眼
	Danyang	雀目眼, 夜盲
	Wenzhou	雞盲眼
	Jinhua	雞盲
Xiang	Changsha	雞毛眼
	Loudi	雞毛眼