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眼

yǎn

eye; eyelet, hole, opening

Shadow
Strokes
11
Radical
目
HSK
2
Tone
3

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 眼不见,心不想。

    Yǎn bù jiàn xīn bù xiǎng

    Out of sight, out of mind.

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  • 他看了一眼他的表。

    Tā kàn le yī yǎn tā de biǎo

    He glanced at his watch.

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  • 他们很眼熟。

    Tā men hěn yǎn shú

    They look familiar.

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  • 我亲眼见到了它。

    Wǒ qīn yǎn jiàn dào le tā

    I saw it with my own eyes.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 眼

  • 眼yǎn 3eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
  • 眼睛yǎn jing 3–5eye
  • 眼前yǎn qián 3–2 before one's eyes; now; at present
  • 眼镜yǎn jìng 3–4 spectacles; eyeglasses
  • 眼泪yǎn lèi 3–4 tears; crying
  • 眼里yǎnli 3In the eyes
  • 眼光yǎn guāng 3–1 gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things
  • 眼神yǎn shén 3–2 expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)
  • 亲眼qīn yǎn 1–3 with one's own eyes; personally
  • 眼下yǎn xià 3–4 now; at present; subocular (medicine)
  • 眼看yǎn kàn 3–4 soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens
  • 耀眼yào yǎn 4–3 to dazzle; dazzling