肉眼

Chinese

Etymology 1

		meat; flesh	eye
simp. and trad. (肉眼)		肉	眼

Calque of Sanskrit मांसचक्षुस् (māṃsacakṣus, “fleshy eye”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròuyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ ngaan⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k-gán / jio̍k-gán / hia̍k-gán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ròuyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ròuyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: jou⁴-yen³
  - Yale: ròu-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowyean
  - Palladius: жоуянь (žoujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: yuhk ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² ŋaːn¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-gán
  - Tâi-lô: lio̍k-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lioggarn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻² ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍k-gán
  - Tâi-lô: jio̍k-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jioggarn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡan⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k-gán
  - Tâi-lô: hia̍k-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiaggarn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴⁻² ɡan⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

肉眼

Derived terms

肉眼通

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (肉眼):

→ Japanese: 肉眼(にくがん) (nikugan)
→ Korean: 육안(肉眼) (yugan)
→ Vietnamese: nhục nhãn (肉眼)

Etymology 2

		meat; flesh	eye
simp. and trad. (肉眼)		肉	眼
alternative forms		龍眼／龙眼肉橌

Probably from 龍眼／龙眼.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nêg⁸ oin² / nêg⁸ ain²

Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nêg⁸ oin² / nêg⁸ ain²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ne̍k óiⁿ / ne̍k áiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nek̚⁴⁻² õĩ⁵²/, /nek̚⁴⁻² ãĩ⁵²/

Note:

nêg8 oin2 - Shantou;
nêg8 ain2 - Jieyang.

Noun

肉眼

(Teochew) longan

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龍眼 (“longan”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		龍眼, 龍目, 荔枝奴, 亞荔枝, 驪珠, 圓眼, 益智, 燕卵, 蜜脾, 鮫淚, 川彈子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龍眼
Taxonomic name		龍眼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	桂圓
	Taiwan	龍眼
	Harbin	桂圓
	Shenyang	桂圓
	Malaysia	龍眼
	Singapore	龍眼
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	桂圓
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	龍眼
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	桂圓
	Xi'an	圓圓
	Xining	桂圓兒
	Xuzhou	龍眼, 龍眼兒, 桂圓
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	桂圓, 圓圓
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	桂圓
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	圓圓兒, 桂圓, 桂圓兒, 龍眼, 龍眼兒
	Wuhan	桂圓
	Guiyang	桂圓, 圓圓
	Kunming	桂圓
	Guilin	桂圓
	Liuzhou	龍眼, 龍眼果, 桂圓
	Nanning (Wuming)	龍眼, 龍眼果
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	桂圓
	Yangzhou	圓眼
	Hefei	圓圓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	龍眼, 圓眼
	Hong Kong	龍眼
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	龍眼
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	龍眼
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	龍眼
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	龍眼仔
	Macau	龍眼
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	龍眼
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	龍眼
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	圓眼
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	龍眼
	Foshan	龍眼
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	龍眼
	Foshan (Shunde)	龍眼
	Foshan (Sanshui)	龍眼
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	龍眼
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	龍眼
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	龍眼
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	龍眼
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	龍眼
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	龍眼
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	龍眼
	Taishan	圓眼
	Kaiping (Chikan)	榕眼
	Enping (Niujiang)	龍眼
	Heshan (Yayao)	龍眼
	Dongguan	龍眼
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	龍眼
	Shaoguan	龍眼
	Yunfu	榕眼
	Yangjiang	魚眼, 龍眼
	Xinyi	龍眼
	Lianjiang	龍眼
	Nanning	龍眼
	Wuzhou	龍眼
	Yulin	龍眼子
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	龍眼
	Danzhou	龍眼
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	龍眼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	龍眼
	Yangon (Taishan)	龍眼
	Mandalay (Taishan)	龍眼
Gan	Nanchang	桂圓, 泡圓
	Pengze	桂圓
	Lichuan	頂圓
	Pingxiang	桂圓, 福圓
Hakka	Meixian	牛眼, 牛眼仔, 龍眼
	Xingning	牛眼哩
	Dabu (Xihe)	牛眼
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Huidong (Daling)	龍眼
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	龍眼
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	龍眼仔
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Boluo (Bendihua)	龍眼
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	龍眼
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	龍眼
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	龍眼
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	龍眼
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	龍眼
	Wuhua (Changbu)	龍眼
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	牛眼
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	龍眼
	Zijin	龍眼
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	果哎
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	果哎
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	圓肉
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	龍眼
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	龍眼果
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	龍眼
	Jiexi	牛眼
	Luhe	牛眼
	Raoping (Xinfeng)	牛眼
	Changting	圓眼, 龍眼
	Longyan (Yongding)	龍眼
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	龍眼
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	龍眼
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	龍眼
	Wuping	龍眼
	Wuping (Pingyu)	龍眼
	Liancheng	龍眼
	Liancheng (Peitian)	圓眼
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	龍眼
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	龍眼
	Ninghua	泡圓
	Yudu	泡圓, 林眼子
	Ruijin	圓眼
	Shicheng	泡圓
	Shangyou (Shexi)	泡圓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牛眼仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	牛眼仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	牛眼仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牛眼
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牛眼
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牛眼
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	牛眼
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牛眼
Hong Kong	龍眼
Luchuan (Daqiao)	龍眼
Chengdu (Hexingchang)	圓圓
Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	龍眼
Yilong (Ma'an)	桂圓兒
Xichang (Huanglianguan)	圓圓
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	龍眼
Senai (Huiyang)	龍眼
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	牛眼, 龍眼
Singkawang	龍眼
Bangkok (Meixian)	龍眼
Bangkok (Fengshun)	牛眼
Huizhou	Jixi	桂圓
Jin	Taiyuan	桂圓, 龍眼
Northern Min	Jian'ou	龍眼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	龍眼
	Fuzhou (Changle)	龍眼
	Fuqing	龍眼
	Yongtai	龍眼
	Gutian	龍眼
	Fu'an	龍眼
	Ningde	龍眼
	Shouning	寶圓
	Zhouning	寶圓
	Fuding	寶圓
	Matsu	龍眼
	Singapore (Fuqing)	寶圓
Southern Min	Xiamen	龍眼
	Quanzhou	龍眼
	Jinjiang	龍眼
	Shishi	龍眼
	Zhangzhou	龍眼
	Zhangpu	龍眼仔
	Zhao'an	龍眼
	Zhao'an (Sidu)	龍眼
	Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang)	龍眼
	Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping)	龍眼
	Dongshan	龍眼
	Taipei	龍眼
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	龍眼
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	龍眼
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	龍眼
	Kaohsiung	龍眼
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	龍眼
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	龍眼
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	龍眼
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	龍眼
	Yilan	龍眼
	Yilan (Luodong)	龍眼
	Yilan (Toucheng)	龍眼
	Changhua (Lukang)	龍眼
	Changhua (Yongjing)	龍眼
	Taichung	龍眼
	Tainan	龍眼
	Tainan (Anping)	龍眼
	Hsinchu	龍眼
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	龍眼
	Kinmen	龍眼
	Penghu (Magong)	龍眼
	Penghu (Xiyu)	龍眼
	Penang (Hokkien)	龍眼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	龍眼
	Manila (Hokkien)	龍眼
	Longyan	龍眼
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	龍眼
	Datian	龍眼
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	龍眼
	Chaozhou	肉眼
	Raoping	肉眼
	Shantou	肉眼
	Shantou (Chenghai)	肉眼
	Jieyang	肉眼
	Haifeng	肉眼
	Bangkok (Teochew)	肉眼
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	肉眼
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	肉眼
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	龍眼
	Pontianak (Teochew)	龍眼
	Wenchang	龍眼
	Haikou	龍眼
Puxian Min	Putian	龍眼
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	龍眼
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	龍眼
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	龍眼
	Xianyou	龍眼
	Xianyou (Fengting)	龍眼
	Xianyou (Youyang)	龍眼
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	龍眼
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	龍眼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	龍眼
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	龍眼
Shehua	Fu'an	龍眼
	Fuding	寶圓
	Luoyuan	龍眼
	Sanming	龍眼
	Shunchang	龍眼
	Hua'an	龍眼
	Guixi (Zhangping)	龍眼
	Cangnan	龍眼
	Jingning (Hexi)	龍眼
	Lishui	桂圓
	Longyou	桂圓
Wu	Shanghai	桂圓
	Shanghai (Chongming)	桂圓
	Suzhou	桂圓
	Danyang	泡圓, 桂圓
	Hangzhou	桂圓
	Ningbo	桂圓
	Wenzhou	圓眼, 魁圓
	Jinhua	桂圓
Xiang	Changsha	桂圓
	Loudi	泡圓, 桂圓
	Shuangfeng	桂圓, 泡圓
	Quanzhou	龍眼
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	圓眼
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	龍眼
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	龍眼
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	龍眼
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	龍眼
	Renhua (Shitang)	龍耳仔
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	龍眼
	Lechang (Changlai)	龍眼
	Lechang (Beixiang)	龍眼
	Lechang (Huangpu)	龍眼
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	龍眼
	Lechang (Sanxi)	龍眼

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
肉	眼
にく Grade: 2	がん Grade: 5
goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にくがん [nìkúgáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

肉(にく)眼(がん) • (nikugan)

naked eye

Synonyms

裸(ら)眼(がん) (ragan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
肉	眼
にく Grade: 2	げん Grade: 5
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にくげん [nìkúgéń] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

肉(にく)眼(げん) • (nikugen)

(esoteric Buddhism) normal sight in human beings
Hypernym: 五眼 (gogen)

Coordinate terms: 天眼 (tengen), 慧眼 (egen), 法眼 (hōgen), 仏眼 (butsugen)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
肉	眼

Noun

肉眼 • (yugan) (hangeul 육안)

hanja form^? of 육안

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK7-2] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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