瞎眼

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Chinese

		blind	eye
trad. (瞎眼)		瞎	眼
simp. ^#(瞎眼)		瞎	眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶ ngaan⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hap-ngién / hap-ngián
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷haq-nge

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siayǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsia¹-yen³
  - Yale: syā-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiayean
  - Palladius: сяянь (sjajanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hat⁶ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: haht ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚² ŋaːn¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hap-ngién
  - Hakka Romanization System: hab` ngien`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hab⁵ ngian³
  - Sinological IPA: /hap̚² ŋi̯en³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hap-ngián
  - Hakka Romanization System: hab` ngian`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hab⁵ ngian³
  - Sinological IPA: /hap̚² ŋi̯an³¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷haq-nge
  - MiniDict: hah^入 nge
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴haq-nge
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /haʔ³³ ŋe⁴⁴/

Noun

瞎眼

blind eye; eye that cannot see

Verb

瞎眼

to be blind; to lose one's sight
- 前我失喪，今被尋回，瞎眼今得看見。 [MSC, trad.]
  前我失丧，今被寻回，瞎眼今得看见。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1960, 奇異恩典 (Amazing Grace), in 青年聖歌綜合本（一） (Youth Hymns, volume 1)
  Qián wǒ shīsàng, jīn bèi xún huí, xiāyǎn jīn dé kànjiàn.
  I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.
(figurative) to be reckless or to fail to understand

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瞎眼 (“(to be) blind”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瞽, 盲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		失明, 瞎眼, 瞎
Mandarin	Taiwan	瞎眼
	Malaysia	瞎, 盲
	Singapore	瞎, 盲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	盲, 盲眼
Cantonese	Hong Kong	盲, 盲眼
Hakka	Meixian	瞎, 盲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	眼瞎
	Luhe	目瞎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目瞨, 目瞎, 青盲, 瞎目
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青盲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	瞎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	青盲
Southern Min	Xiamen	青盲
	Quanzhou	青盲
	Zhangzhou	青盲
	Taipei	青盲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	青盲
	Kaohsiung	青盲
	Yilan	青盲
	Changhua (Lukang)	青盲
	Taichung	青盲
	Tainan	青盲
	Hsinchu	青盲
	Kinmen	青盲
	Penghu (Magong)	青盲
	Penang (Hokkien)	青盲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	青盲
	Manila (Hokkien)	青盲
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	青盲
	Chaozhou	青盲
	Shantou	青盲
	Shantou (Chenghai)	青盲
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	青盲
	Jieyang	青盲
	Haifeng	青盲
	Leizhou	青盲
	Wenchang	青盲
	Singapore (Hainanese)	青盲
Puxian Min	Putian	青盲
Central Min	Yong'an	瞎
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	盲

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