電眼

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	eye
trad. (電眼)		電	眼
simp. (电眼)		电	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ ngaan⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-gán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-yen³
    • Yale: dyàn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannyean
    • Palladius: дяньянь (djanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: dihn ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² ŋaːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-gán
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexn'garn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ ɡan⁴¹/

Noun

電眼

1. (Malaysian, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) surveillance camera; CCTV camera; security camera
2. electronic eye
3. (slang) eyes that give someone an electric spark; beguiling eyes; flirtatious eyes

Synonyms

• (surveillance camera):

• 天眼 (tiānyǎn) (colloquial)
• 攝像頭／摄像头 (shèxiàngtóu)
• 攝影機／摄影机 (shèyǐngjī)
• 監控／监控 (jiānkòng) (short form)
• 監控攝像頭／监控摄像头 (jiānkòng shèxiàngtóu)
• 監視器／监视器 (jiānshìqì)
• 監視攝影機／监视摄影机 (jiānshì shèyǐngjī)