戲眼

Chinese

FWOTD – 7 March 2019

		trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show	eye
trad. (戲眼)		戲	眼
simp. (戏眼)		戏	眼
Literally: “eye of the drama”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ ngaan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-yen³
  - Yale: syì-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihyean
  - Palladius: сиянь (sijanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: hei ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi³ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ ŋaːn¹³/

Noun

戲眼

the most interesting part of an opera or film
- 有人說：登泰山而看不到日出，就像一出大戲沒有戲眼，味兒終究有點寡淡。 [MSC, trad.]
  有人说：登泰山而看不到日出，就像一出大戏没有戏眼，味儿终究有点寡淡。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 楊朔 (Yang Shuo), 泰山极顶 (The Peak of Mount Tai)
  Yǒu rén shuō: Dēng Tài Shān ér kàn bù dào rìchū, jiù xiàng yī chū dàxì méiyǒu xìyǎn, wèir zhōngjiū yǒudiǎn guǎdàn. [Pinyin]
  Some say climbing Mount Tai without seeing the sunrise is like going to see Chinese opera without seeing the most interesting part- it would be pretty dull.