天眼
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Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | eye | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (天眼) |
天 | 眼 | |
Etymology
Calque of Sanskrit दिव्यचक्षुस् (divyacakṣus) or Pali dibbacakkhu.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianyǎn
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-yen3
- Yale: tyān-yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianyean
- Palladius: тяньянь (tjanʹjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: tin1 ngaan5
- Yale: tīn ngáahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 ngaan5
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 ngan5
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
- Homophones:
天目
天眼
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Noun
天眼
- (Buddhism) divine eye
- (colloquial) closed-circuit television; surveillance camera
- 2019 November 7, Headline Daily, 澳門明年選取100支「天眼」展開人臉識別測試 (Macau will Choose 100 CCTVs to Test Facial Recognition System):
- 澳門警察總局強調，在展開人臉識別技術應用測試前，會向個人資料保護辦公室徵詢意見，確保「天眼」快速有效輔助警方打擊犯罪同時，亦能讓市民私隱得到有效的保障。 [MSC, trad.]
- Àomén jǐngchá zǒngjú qiángdiào, zài zhǎnkāi rénliǎn shíbié jìshù yìngyòng cèshì qián, huì xiàng gèrén zīliào bǎohù bàngōngshì zhēngxún yìjiàn, quèbǎo “tiānyǎn” kuàisù yǒuxiào fǔzhù jǐngfāng dǎjī fànzuì tóngshí, yì néng ràng shìmín sīyǐn dédào yǒuxiào de bǎozhàng.
- The Unitary Police Service stressed that before facial recognition technology testing, they will consult opinions from the Office for Personal Data Protection, such that while CCTVs' can be used to quickly and effectively help the police to fight crimes, privacy of citizens will be effectively respected.
澳门警察总局强调，在展开人脸识别技术应用测试前，会向个人资料保护办公室征询意见，确保「天眼」快速有效辅助警方打击犯罪同时，亦能让市民私隐得到有效的保障。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- 天目 (tiānmù)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“天眼” in 佛學大辭典 .
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 眼 |
| てん Grade: 1 |
げん Grade: 5 |
| on’yomi | |
From Middle Chinese 天眼 (MC then ngeanX).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (esoteric Buddhism) heavenly sight by heavenly beings
- (esoteric Buddhism) short for 天眼通 (tengentsū): knowledge of others' karma: one of the six kinds of abhijñā or “direct knowledge”
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 眼 |
| てん Grade: 1 |
がん Grade: 5 |
| on’yomi | |
The literal eye sense and sight sense are likely a coinage within Japanese based on Middle Chinese-derived elements 天 (ten, “heaven, heavenly”, also used in reference to the emperor) + 眼 (gan, “eye”).
The Buddhist sense is likely a sound shift from tengen above, adopting the kan'on reading of gan for the 眼 character.
Pronunciation
Noun
- the eye of the emperor or imperial prince
- (in compounds) sight of something not usually visible to the naked eye
- (esoteric Buddhism) see the tengen reading above for additional senses
Derived terms
Derived terms
References
- Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN