針眼

See also: 针眼

Chinese

		needle; pin; injection	eye
trad. (針眼)		針	眼
simp. (针眼)		针	眼

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ ngaan⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂m-ngién / chṳ̂m-ngián

(Meixian, Guangdong): zem¹ ngian³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-gán / cham-gán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-yen³
  - Yale: jēn-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenyean
  - Palladius: чжэньянь (čžɛnʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    針眼 / 针眼
    針鼴 / 针鼹
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (針眼兒 / 针眼儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnyǎnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄧㄢˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenyǎnr
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-yen³-ʼrh
  - Yale: jēn-yǎnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenyeal
  - Palladius: чжэньяньр (čžɛnʹjanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zam¹ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: jām ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂m-ngién
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziim^ˊ ngien^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zim¹ ngian³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨm²⁴ ŋi̯en³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂m-ngián
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziim^ˊ ngian^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zim¹ ngian³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨm²⁴ ŋi̯an³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zem¹ ngian³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡səm⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋian³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-gán
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamgarn
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡan⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cham-gán
  - Tâi-lô: tsam-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zamgarn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam³³ ɡan⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

針眼

eye of the needle
perforation made with a needle; pinprick

Synonyms

(eye of the needle):

Dialectal synonyms of 針鼻 (“eye of a needle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		針鼻, 針眼, 針孔
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	針鼻兒, 針眼兒
	Taiwan	針孔, 針眼
	Chengde	針鼻兒
	Chifeng	針鼻兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	針眼兒
	Heihe	針鼻兒
	Qiqihar	針鼻兒
	Harbin	針鼻兒
	Jiamusi	針鼻兒
	Baicheng	針鼻兒
	Changchun	針鼻兒
	Tonghua	針鼻兒
	Shenyang	針鼻兒
	Jinzhou	針鼻兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	針鼻兒
	Tangshan	針鼻兒
	Cangzhou	針鼻兒
	Baoding	針鼻兒
	Shijiazhuang	針鼻兒
	Lijin	針鼻兒
	Jinan	針鼻兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	針鼻兒
	Dandong	針鼻兒
	Yantai	針鼻兒
	Yantai (Muping)	針鼻兒
	Qingdao	針鼻兒
	Zhucheng	針鼻兒, 針鼻子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	針鼻兒
	Lingbao	針眼兒
	Jining	針鼻兒
	Wanrong	針溝子, 針冠子
	Linfen	針眼兒, 針冠兒
	Shangqiu	針鼻兒
	Yuanyang	針鼻兒
	Zhengzhou	針鼻兒
	Xinyang	針鼻
	Baihe	針鼻子
	Xi'an	針眼兒, 針鼻管兒
	Baoji	針眼
	Tianshui	針鼻瓜
	Xining	鼻鼻管兒, 針鼻管兒
	Xuzhou	針鼻兒
	Pizhou	針鼻兒
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	針眼兒, 針鼻兒
	Donghai	針鼻子
	Fuyang	針鼻子, 針鼻
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	針鼻子, 針鼻兒
	Lanzhou	針眼兒, 針鼻兒
	Dunhuang	針鼻子
	Hami	針鼻兒
	Ürümqi	針鼻子, 針鼻兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	針眼眼兒, 針眼眼, 針眼, 針鼻子, 針鼻
	Nanchong	針鼻子
	Dazhou	針鼻子
	Hanyuan	針鼻鼻
	Xichang	針鼻
	Zigong	針鼻子
	Chongqing	針鼻子
	Wuhan	針鼻子, 針屁股
	Yichang	針鼻
	Xiangyang	針鼻
	Tianmen	針眼
	Guiyang	針鼻子
	Zunyi	針眼兒
	Bijie	針鼻子
	Liping	針鼻子
	Zhaotong	針鼻子
	Dali	針鼻子
	Kunming	針鼻子
	Mengzi	針鼻子
	Guilin	針鼻
	Liuzhou	針眼, 針耳
	Jishou	針屁股
	Changde	針鼻子
	Hanzhong	針鼻
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	針眼兒, 針鼻子
	Yangzhou	針鼻子
	Baoying	針鼻子
	Taizhou	針鼻子
	Zhenjiang	針鼻兒
	Lianyungang	針鼻, 針眼
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	針鼻子
	Lianshui	針鼻子
	Xuyi	針眼子
	Nantong	針屁股, 針眼兒
	Rugao	針眼兒
	Yancheng	針鼻子
	Funing	針鼻子
	Sihong	針鼻子
	Anqing	針鼻子
	Wuhu	針鼻子
	Hefei	針鼻子
	Hong'an	針鼻子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	針眼, 針鼻
	Hong Kong	針眼
	Dongguan	針鼻
Gan	Nanchang	針鼻
	Lichuan	針眼, 針鼻兒
	Pingxiang	針鼻
Hakka	Meixian	針眼
	Yudu	針鼻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	針眼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	針眼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	針眼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	針眼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	針眼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	針空
Huizhou	Jixi	布針屁股
Huizhou	Shexian	針眼
Jin	Taiyuan	針冠冠, 針眼
	Yangyuan	針鼻兒, 針鼻眼, 針眼
	Datong	針鼻兒
	Xinzhou	針冠子, 針眼
	Lüliang (Lishi)	針眼眼
	Changzhi	針眼兒
	Linhe	針鼻子, 針冠
	Jining	針冠
	Hohhot	針冠
	Erenhot	針冠子
	Pingshan	針管兒
	Zhangjiakou	針鼻兒
	Handan	針鼻
	Linzhou	針鼻兒
	Suide	針眼
Northern Min	Jian'ou	針鼻
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	針鼻
Southern Min	Xiamen	針空
	Quanzhou	針空
	Zhangzhou	針空
	Tainan	針空, 針鼻
	Shantou	針目, 針鼻
	Jieyang	針鼻
	Leizhou	針鼻
	Haikou	針鼻
Puxian Min	Putian	針鼻
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	針鼻
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	針鼻
	Xianyou	針鼻, 針空
	Xianyou (Fengting)	針鼻, 針空
	Xianyou (Youyang)	針鼻
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	針鼻, 針眼, 針耳
Wu	Shanghai	引線屁股
	Shanghai (Chongming)	引線屁股
	Suzhou	引線眼, 引線屁股
	Wuxi	引線眼
	Changshu	引線屁股
	Nantong (Haimen)	引線屁股
	Changzhou	引線屁股
	Danyang	針屁股
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	針屁股
	Hangzhou	針屁股
	Ningbo	針屁眼
	Wenzhou	針窟
	Jinhua	針眼孔
Xiang	Changsha	針鼻子, 針屁股
Xiang	Loudi	針鼻頭

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnyan, zhēnyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ˙ㄧㄢ, ㄓㄣㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ ngaan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnyan
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ˙ㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenyån
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-yen⁵
  - Yale: jēn-yan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen.ian
  - Palladius: чжэньянь (čžɛnʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ jɛn²/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-yen³
  - Yale: jēn-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenyean
  - Palladius: чжэньянь (čžɛnʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    針眼 / 针眼
    針鼴 / 针鼹
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zam¹ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: jām ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Noun

針眼

(medicine) sty; hordeolum

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麥粒腫 (“stye; hordeolum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥粒腫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	針眼
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	針眼
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	橛眼
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	偷針
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	眼角兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	挑針
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	刁針
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	偷針顆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	偷針眼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼挑針
	Hong Kong	眼挑針
	Dongguan	眼珠針, 眼雕針
Gan	Nanchang	挑針子, 挑針
	Lichuan	挑針
	Pingxiang	挑針
Hakka	Meixian	目𬏛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目𬏛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目𬏛
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	目𬏛
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	目𬏛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	赤目
Northern Min	Jian'ou	目仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	目針
	Quanzhou	目針
	Dehua	狗爪
	Zhangzhou	目針, 狗針
	Zhao'an	目針
	Taipei	目屎針
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	目屎針
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	目針
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	目針
	Kaohsiung	目狗針
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	目狗針
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	目狗針
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	目狗針
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	目狗針
	Yilan	目針
	Yilan (Toucheng)	目針
	Changhua (Lukang)	目針
	Taichung	目針
	Tainan	目屎針
	Tainan (Anping)	目狗針
	Hsinchu	目針
	Kinmen	目針
	Penghu (Magong)	目針
	Penghu (Xiyu)	目針
	Penang (Hokkien)	目針
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目針
	Shantou	目針
	Shantou (Chenghai)	目針
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	目針
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	目針
	Jieyang	目針, 目橌, 目狗針
	Haikou	目針
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	偷針眼
Wu	Shanghai	偷針眼, 偷籽眼
	Shanghai (Chongming)	偷眵眼
	Danyang	偷針
	Ningbo	偷針
Xiang	Changsha	挑針子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
針	眼
みず
Grade: 6	Grade: 5
jukujikun

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

【針孔みず】

[noun] eye of a needle

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