開眼

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See also: 开眼

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	eye
trad. (開眼)		開	眼
simp. (开眼)		开	眼
Literally: “to open eyes”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāiyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ ngaan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāiyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaiyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-yen³
  - Yale: kāi-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiyean
  - Palladius: кайянь (kajjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    ^edit
    開演／开演
    開眼／开眼
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: hōi ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Verb

開眼

to broaden one's mind; to have an eye-opening experience
(archaic) to open the (or one's) eyes

Synonyms

(open the eyes): 睜眼／睁眼 (zhēngyǎn); (Hokkien) 展目

Derived terms

不開眼／不开眼 (bùkāiyǎn)

Korean

Hanja in this term
開	眼

Noun

開眼 • (gaean) (hangeul 개안)

hanja form^? of 개안 (“opening one's eyes”)

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