眼光

Chinese

		eye	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (眼光)		眼	光
anagram		光眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnguāng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ gwong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngién-kông / ngián-kông
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gán-kong

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngang² guang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nge-kuaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnguang
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-kuang¹
  - Yale: yǎn-gwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanguang
  - Palladius: яньгуан (janʹguan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnguāngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnguangr
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-kuang¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: yǎn-gwāngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanguangl
  - Palladius: яньгуанр (janʹguanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ gwong¹
  - Yale: ngáahn gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ guong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngién-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˋ gong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en³¹ koŋ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˋ gong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an³¹ koŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-kong
  - Tâi-lô: gán-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnkofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngang² guang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngáng kuang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nge-kuaon
  - MiniDict: nge^去 kuaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nge-kuaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋe²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

眼光

eyes; gaze
眾人的眼光／众人的眼光 ― zhòngrén de yǎnguāng ― all eyes; public gaze
insight; vision
審美眼光／审美眼光 ― shěnměi yǎnguāng ― eye for beauty

市場眼光／市场眼光 ― shìchǎng yǎnguāng ― market insight

眼光遠大／眼光远大 ― yǎnguāng yuǎndà ― to be farsighted; to be foresighted

你眼光不錯嘛。／你眼光不错嘛。 ― Nǐ yǎnguāng bùcuò ma. ― You have good taste.
view; perspective
歷史的眼光／历史的眼光 ― lìshǐ de yǎnguāng ― historical perspective

Synonyms

(eyes):

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目光 (mùguāng)
眼火 (⁶nge-hu) (Wu)
視域 / 视域 (shìyù)
視界 / 视界 (shìjiè)
視線 / 视线 (shìxiàn)
視野 / 视野 (shìyě)
視閾 / 视阈 (shìyù) (literary)

(insight):

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慧眼 (huìyǎn)
目光 (mùguāng)
目力 (mùlì) (literary)
目潲 (Hokkien, vulgar)
目識 / 目识 (Singapore Hokkien)
目頭 / 目头 (Hokkien)
眼力 (yǎnlì)
眼孔 (yǎnkǒng)
眼水 (ngaan⁵ seoi²) (Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin)
眼界 (yǎnjiè)
觀察力 / 观察力 (guānchálì)
識別力 / 识别力 (shíbiélì)
鑒賞力 / 鉴赏力 (jiànshǎnglì)

(view):

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主張 / 主张 (zhǔzhāng)
倡議 / 倡议 (chàngyì)
建議 / 建议 (jiànyì)
意下 (yìxià) (literary)
意思
想法
意見 / 意见 (yìjiàn)
提議 / 提议 (tíyì)
看法 (kànfǎ)
看點 / 看点 (kàndiǎn)
睇法 (tai² faat³) (Cantonese)
視角 / 视角 (shìjiǎo)
見地 / 见地 (jiàndì)
見解 / 见解 (jiànjiě)
觀點 / 观点 (guāndiǎn)
角度 (jiǎodù)
諗法 / 谂法 (nam² faat³) (Cantonese)
議 / 议 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)

Derived terms

不夠眼光 / 不够眼光
有眼光
眼光短淺 / 眼光短浅
眼光菩薩 / 眼光菩萨

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
眼	光
がん Grade: 5	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がんこー [gàńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ŋko̞ː]

Noun

眼(がん)光(こう) • (gankō) ^{←がんくわう (gankwau)^?}

sparkles in eyes
a gaze (a fixed look)
- 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)60(ろくじゅう)話(わ)　少(しょう)女(じょ)の決(けつ)意(い) [Chapter 60: A Girl’s Resolve]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 26:
  
  地(ち)上(じょう)で出(で)会(あ)った時(とき)とは見(み)違(ちが)える眼(がん)光(こう)…若(わか)き日(ひ)の華(カ)泰(シン)に似(に)ている……
  Chijō de deatta toki to wa michigaeru gankō… wakakihi no Kashin ni niteiru……
  That gaze… looks almost like Kashin’s when I first met him as a youth underground……

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
眼	光
まなざし
Grade: 5	Grade: 2
jukujikun

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

【まなざし】

[noun] a gaze, look

Alternative spellings
眼差し, 眼差, 目指し, 目指, 眼眸

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