眼見得

Chinese

		eye	to seem
trad. (眼見得)		眼	見得
simp. (眼见得)		眼	见得
alternative forms		眼見的／眼见的

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnjiànde

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ gin³ dak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnjiànde
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnjiànde̊
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-chien⁴-tê⁵
  - Yale: yǎn-jyàn-de
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanjiann.de
  - Palladius: яньцзяньдэ (janʹczjanʹdɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ d̥ə¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ gin³ dak¹
  - Yale: ngáahn gin dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ gin³ dak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ gin³ deg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ kiːn³³ tɐk̚⁵/

Adverb

眼見得

clearly; evidently; obviously (of something unpleasant)
病人眼見得不行了。 [MSC, trad.]
病人眼见得不行了。 [MSC, simp.]
Bìngrén yǎnjiànde bùxíng le. [Pinyin]
It is clear that the patient won't pull through.

Synonyms

眼看得