眼淚

Chinese
eye tears
trad. (眼淚) 眼 淚
simp. (眼泪) 眼 泪
anagram 淚眼／泪眼

Pronunciation

Noun

眼淚

  1. tear; teardrop
    掉眼淚／掉眼泪  ―  diào yǎnlèi  ―  to cry
    流眼淚／流眼泪  ―  liú yǎnlèi  ―  to tear up
    擦乾眼淚／擦干眼泪  ―  cāgān yǎnlèi  ―  to wipe away tears
    忍住眼淚／忍住眼泪  ―  rěnzhù yǎnlèi  ―  to choke back tears
    流出鱷魚的眼淚／流出鳄鱼的眼泪  ―  liú chū èyú de yǎnlèi  ―  to cry crocodile tears

Usage notes
  • In some lects, including Cantonese and Nanjing Mandarin, 眼淚／眼泪 (yǎnlèi) is reserved for tears from crying. 眼水 (yǎnshuǐ) is used instead for tears from irritation, laughing, etc.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 眼淚 (“tears”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 淚, 涕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 眼淚, 淚水, 淚液
Mandarin Beijing 眼淚兒
Taiwan 眼淚
Tianjin 眼淚兒
Ulanhot 眼淚
Tongliao 眼淚
Chifeng 眼淚
Bayanhot 眼淚
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 眼淚
Harbin 眼淚
Yantai (Muping) 淚, 眼淚
Jinan 眼淚, 淚
Luoyang 眼淚
Wanrong 淚顆
Xi'an 眼淚
Yinchuan 眼淚
Lanzhou 眼淚
Xining 眼淚
Ürümqi 眼淚
Wuhan 眼淚
Chengdu 眼淚, 眼淚花兒, 眼淚水, 眼流水, 眼睛水兒, 眼睛水
Guiyang 眼淚水, 眼淚
Guilin 眼淚
Liuzhou 眼淚
Xuzhou 眼淚
Yangzhou 眼力水, 眼淚
Nanjing 眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
Hefei 眼水
Malaysia 眼淚
Singapore 眼淚
Cantonese Guangzhou 眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
Hong Kong 眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 眼淚
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 眼淚
Macau 眼淚
Guangzhou (Panyu) 眼淚, 眼淚水
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 眼淚
Guangzhou (Conghua) 眼水
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 眼淚
Foshan 眼淚
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 眼水
Foshan (Shunde) 眼淚
Foshan (Sanshui) 眼淚
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 眼淚
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 眼淚
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 眼淚
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 眼淚
Zhuhai (Doumen) 眼淚
Jiangmen (Baisha) 眼淚
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 眼淚
Taishan 眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
Kaiping (Chikan) 眼淚
Enping (Niujiang) 眼淚
Heshan (Yayao) 眼水
Dongguan 眼淚
Shaoguan 眼淚
Yunfu 眼淚
Yangjiang 眼淚
Xinyi 眼淚
Lianjiang 眼淚, 眼汁
Nanning 眼淚
Wuzhou 眼淚
Yulin 眼淚
Hepu (Lianzhou) 眼淚
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 眼淚
Singapore (Guangfu) 眼淚
Gan Nanchang 眼淚
Lichuan 眼淚
Pingxiang 眼淚
Hakka Meixian 目汁
Xingning 目汁, 眼水
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 眼淚
Huidong (Daling) 目汁
Dongguan (Qingxi) 眼汁
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 眼汁
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 眼汁
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 眼汁
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 眼水
Conghua (Lütian) 眼汁
Changting 目汁
Wuping 目汁
Wuping (Pingyu) 目汁
Liancheng 目汁
Ninghua 眼汁
Yudu 眼淚
Ruijin 眼泣水
Shicheng 眼鼻水
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 目汁
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 目汁
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 目汁
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 目汁
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 目汁
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 目汁
Hong Kong 眼汁
Luchuan (Daqiao) 眼水
Sabah (Longchuan) 眼汁
Senai (Huiyang) 眼汁
Singkawang 目汁
Huizhou Jixi 眼淚, 眼淚水
Jin Taiyuan 眼淚, 淚
Xinzhou 眼淚
Taibus (Baochang) 淚
Linhe 眼淚
Jining 淚
Hohhot 淚蛋蛋
Baotou 淚
Dongsheng 眼淚
Haibowan 淚
Min Bei Jian'ou 目澤, 目澤水
Min Dong Fuzhou 目滓
Fuqing 目滓
Matsu 目滓
Min Nan Xiamen 目屎
Xiamen (Tong'an) 目屎
Quanzhou 目屎, 目滓
Jinjiang 目屎
Zhangzhou 目屎, 目滓
Zhao'an 目汁
Taipei 目屎
Kaohsiung 目屎
Yilan 目屎
Changhua (Lukang) 目屎
Taichung 目屎
Taichung (Wuqi) 目屎
Tainan 目屎
Taitung 目屎
Hsinchu 目屎
Penghu (Magong) 目屎
Penang (Hokkien) 目油
Singapore (Hokkien) 目屎
Manila (Hokkien) 目屎
Pingnan (Shangdu) 眼淚
Chaozhou 目汁
Raoping 目汁
Shantou 目汁
Jieyang 目汁
Haifeng 目汁
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 目汁
Singapore (Teochew) 目汁
Leizhou 目汁
Haikou 目汁
Puxian Min Putian 目滓
Putian (Donghai) 目滓
Putian (Jiangkou) 目滓
Putian (Nanri) 目滓
Xianyou 目滓
Xianyou (Fengting) 目滓
Xianyou (Youyang) 目滓
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 目睭汁
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 眼淚, 眼淚水
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 眼淚
Wu Shanghai 眼淚水, 眼淚
Shanghai (Chongming) 眼淚水, 眼淚
Suzhou 眼淚, 眼淚水
Danyang 眼月
Hangzhou 眼淚水兒
Ningbo 眼淚水, 眼淚
Wenzhou 眼淚, 眼淚水
Jinhua 眼淚
Jinhua (Tangxi) 眼漏
Xiang Changsha 眼淚水, 眼淚
Loudi 眼淚
Shuangfeng 眼淚
Quanzhou 眼淚
Note † - from crying; ‡ - from irritation

Derived terms
  • 一把鼻涕，一包眼淚／一把鼻涕，一包眼泪
  • 流眼淚／流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi)
  • 眼淚往肚子裡流／眼泪往肚子里流
  • 眼淚汪汪／眼泪汪汪
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