慧眼
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Chinese
| intelligent | eye | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (慧眼) | 慧 | 眼 | |
| simp. #(慧眼) | 慧 | 眼 | |
| Literally: “eye of wisdom”. | |||
Etymology
Translation of Sanskrit प्रज्ञाचक्षुस् (prajñācakṣus, “eye of understanding; eye of wisdom”) or Pali paññācakkhu (“idem”). Tibetan equivalent is ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་སྤྱན (shes rab kyi spyan, “eye of wisdom”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wai6 ngaan5
- Eastern Min (BUC): hiê-ngāng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hūi-gán
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6we-nge
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huèiyǎn
- Wade–Giles: hui4-yen3
- Yale: hwèi-yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueyyean
- Palladius: хуэйянь (xuejjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
匯演／汇演
慧眼
會演／会演
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wai6 ngaan5
- Yale: waih ngáahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai6 ngaan5
- Guangdong Romanization: wei6 ngan5
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯²² ŋaːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hiê-ngāng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hie²⁴²⁻⁵³ ŋaŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: hwejH ngeanX
Noun
慧眼
- (Buddhism) mind which perceives both past and future; an all-seeing mind
- (figurative) mental discernment; insight; acumen
Synonyms
- (mental discernment):
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (慧眼):
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 慧 | 眼 |
| けい Jinmeiyō |
がん Grade: 5 |
| kan'on | |
Pronunciation
Adjective
慧眼 • (keigan) -na (adnominal 慧眼な (keigan na), adverbial 慧眼に (keigan ni))
Inflection
Inflection of 慧眼
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 慧眼だろ | けいがんだろ | keigan daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 慧眼で | けいがんで | keigan de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 慧眼だ | けいがんだ | keigan da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 慧眼な | けいがんな | keigan na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 慧眼なら | けいがんなら | keigan nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 慧眼であれ | けいがんであれ | keigan de are |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 慧眼ではない 慧眼じゃない |
けいがんではない けいがんじゃない |
keigan de wa nai keigan ja nai |
| Informal past | 慧眼だった | けいがんだった | keigan datta |
| Informal negative past | 慧眼ではなかった 慧眼じゃなかった |
けいがんではなかった けいがんじゃなかった |
keigan de wa nakatta keigan ja nakatta |
| Formal | 慧眼です | けいがんです | keigan desu |
| Formal negative | 慧眼ではありません 慧眼じゃありません |
けいがんではありません けいがんじゃありません |
keigan de wa arimasen keigan ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 慧眼でした | けいがんでした | keigan deshita |
| Formal negative past | 慧眼ではありませんでした 慧眼じゃありませんでした |
けいがんではありませんでした けいがんじゃありませんでした |
keigan de wa arimasen deshita keigan ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 慧眼で | けいがんで | keigan de |
| Conditional | 慧眼なら（ば） | けいがんなら（ば） | keigan nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 慧眼だったら | けいがんだったら | keigan dattara |
| Volitional | 慧眼だろう | けいがんだろう | keigan darō |
| Adverbial | 慧眼に | けいがんに | keigan ni |
| Degree | 慧眼さ | けいがんさ | keigansa |
Noun
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