瞪眼

Chinese

		stare at	eye
simp. and trad. (瞪眼)		瞪	眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dèngyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˋ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ ngaan⁵ / cing⁴ ngaan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dèngyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˋ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dèngyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: têng⁴-yen³
  - Yale: dèng-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: denqyean
  - Palladius: дэнъянь (dɛnʺjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dang¹ ngaan⁵ / cing⁴ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: dāng ngáahn / chìhng ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ ngaan⁵ / tsing⁴ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ ngan⁵ / qing⁴ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/, /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ ŋaːn¹³/

Verb

瞪眼

to stare (at); to look fixedly
(figurative) to look on in despair
(figurative) to glower (at); to stare angrily

Synonyms

(to stare at): (Hokkien) 盯目

Derived terms

乾瞪眼 / 干瞪眼 (gāndèngyǎn)
伸腿瞪眼
兩瞪眼 / 两瞪眼
吃瞪眼兒食 / 吃瞪眼儿食
吹鬍子瞪眼 / 吹胡子瞪眼 (chuī húzi dèngyǎn)
擰眉瞪眼 / 拧眉瞪眼
橫眉瞪眼 / 横眉瞪眼
死眉瞪眼
白瞪眼
直眉瞪眼