眼下

Chinese

		eye	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (眼下)		眼	下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnxià

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ haa⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gán-hǎ / gán-hā / gán-hēe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnsià
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-hsia⁴
  - Yale: yǎn-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanshiah
  - Palladius: янься (janʹsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ haa⁶
  - Yale: ngáahn hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ haː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-hǎ
  - Tâi-lô: gán-hǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ha²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-hā
  - Tâi-lô: gán-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ha²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-hēe
  - Tâi-lô: gán-hēe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɛ²²/

Noun

眼下

the present time; the current time; the current moment

Synonyms

刻下 (kèxià)
當前 / 当前 (dāngqián)
目下 (mùxià) (literary)
目前 (mùqián)
眼前 (yǎnqián)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (眼下):

→ Japanese: 眼下(がんか) (ganka)
→ Korean: 안하(眼下) (anha)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眼	下
がん Grade: 5	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がんか [gáꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ŋka̠]

Noun

眼(がん)下(か) • (ganka)

below one's eyes
眼下(がんか)に広(ひろ)がる景色(けしき)
ganka ni hirogaru keshiki
the sight spreading out under one; the sight spreading out below

See also

目(め)の前(まえ) (me no mae): before one's eyes

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN