白眼

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	eye
simp. and trad. (白眼)		白	眼
anagram		眼白

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báiyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ngaan⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍k-gán
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸baq-nge₆ / ⁷baq₈-ghae₄

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báiyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-yen³
  - Yale: bái-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyean
  - Palladius: байянь (bajjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiyǎnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báiyǎnr
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-yen³-ʼrh
  - Yale: bái-yǎnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyeal
  - Palladius: байяньр (bajjanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: baahk ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² ŋaːn¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-gán
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍k-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peggarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪk̚²⁴⁻² ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-nge₆
  - MiniDict: bah^入 nge^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-nge₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ ŋe²³/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁷baq₈-ghae₄
  - MiniDict: bah^入 ghae^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /baʔ⁵⁵ ɦɛ²¹/

Noun

白眼

white of the eye; sclera
(figurative) disdainful look
(Tianjin Mandarin) one's daughter's child (as opposed to one's son's child ― 紅眼)

Verb

白眼

to give a supercilious look; to look at someone with contempt

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “all senses”): 青眼 (qīngyǎn)

Derived terms

白眼兒狼 / 白眼儿狼 (báiyǎnrláng)
白眼望青天
白眼狼 (báiyǎnláng)
白眼珠 (báiyǎnzhū)
白眼頻加 / 白眼频加
翻白眼 (fānbáiyǎn)
青白眼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	眼
しろ Grade: 1	め Grade: 5
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 白眼 – see the following entry.

【しろめ】

[noun] white of the eye

[noun] a cold look, a cold expression

[noun] pewter

Alternative spelling
白目

(This term, 白眼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)