千里眼
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Chinese
| eye | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (千里眼) |
千里 | 眼 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cin1 lei5 ngaan5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiân-lî-ngién / chhiân-lî-ngián
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-lí-gán
- (Teochew, Peng'im): coin1 li2 ngang2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cianlǐyǎn
- Wade–Giles: chʻien1-li3-yen3
- Yale: chyān-lǐ-yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianliiyean
- Palladius: цяньлиянь (cjanʹlijanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cin1 lei5 ngaan5
- Yale: chīn léih ngáahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsin1 lei5 ngaan5
- Guangdong Romanization: qin1 léi5 ngan5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ ŋaːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiân-lî-ngién
- Hakka Romanization System: qianˊ liˊ ngienˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: qian1 li1 ngian3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴ ŋi̯en³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiân-lî-ngián
- Hakka Romanization System: qianˊ liˊ ngianˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: qian1 li1 ngian3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴ ŋi̯an³¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-lí-gán
- Tâi-lô: tshian-lí-gán
- Phofsit Daibuun: chienly'garn
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: coin1 li2 ngang2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshoiⁿ lí ngáng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ li⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
千里眼
- (religion, Chinese mythology) Qianliyan (far-seeing god or benevolent demon usually found as a door god or guardian of Mazu)
Coordinate terms
Noun
千里眼
- (figuratively) hawkeye; lynx-eyed; someone with a good sense of sight
- (figuratively) clairvoyance; clairvoyant
- (figuratively, colloquial) telescope; binoculars
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 望遠鏡 (“telescope”)
Coordinate terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 千 | 里 | 眼 |
| せん Grade: 1 |
り Grade: 2 |
がん Grade: 5 |
| kan'on | ||
Etymology
Literary Chinese 千里眼 (qiānlǐyǎn, literally “thousand-mile eyes”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Noun
- keen eyesight
- a hawk-eye
- clairvoyance
- a clairvoyant(e)