肉眼
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Chinese
Etymology 1
| meat; flesh | eye | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (肉眼) |
肉 | 眼 | |
Calque of Sanskrit मांसचक्षुस् (māṃsacakṣus, “fleshy eye”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): juk6 ngaan5
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k-gán / jio̍k-gán / hia̍k-gán
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ròuyǎn
- Wade–Giles: jou4-yen3
- Yale: ròu-yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowyean
- Palladius: жоуянь (žoujanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: juk6 ngaan5
- Yale: yuhk ngáahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: juk9 ngaan5
- Guangdong Romanization: yug6 ngan5
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊk̚² ŋaːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-gán
- Tâi-lô: lio̍k-gán
- Phofsit Daibuun: lioggarn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻² ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍k-gán
- Tâi-lô: jio̍k-gán
- Phofsit Daibuun: jioggarn
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡan⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k-gán
- Tâi-lô: hia̍k-gán
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiaggarn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴⁻² ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
Noun
肉眼
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
| meat; flesh | eye | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (肉眼) |
肉 | 眼 | |
| alternative forms | 龍眼／龙眼 肉橌 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nêg8 oin2 / nêg8 ain2
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: nêg8 oin2 / nêg8 ain2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ne̍k óiⁿ / ne̍k áiⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /nek̚⁴⁻² õĩ⁵²/, /nek̚⁴⁻² ãĩ⁵²/
- (Teochew)
Note:
- nêg8 oin2 - Shantou;
- nêg8 ain2 - Jieyang.
Noun
肉眼
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 龍眼 (“longan”)
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 肉 | 眼 |
| にく Grade: 2 |
がん Grade: 5 |
| goon | kan’on |
Pronunciation
Noun
Synonyms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 肉 | 眼 |
| にく Grade: 2 |
げん Grade: 5 |
| goon | |
Pronunciation
Noun
- (esoteric Buddhism) normal sight in human beings
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
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 肉 | 眼 |