眼緣

Chinese

		eye	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (眼緣)		眼	緣
simp. (眼缘)		眼	缘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ jyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎnyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyuan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyuán
  - IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎnyuánr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyual
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyuánr
  - IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɥɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ jyun⁴
  - Yale: ngáahn yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ yun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋäːn¹³ jyːn²¹/

Noun

眼緣

the feeling that one is “connected to another person by fate” upon seeing their appearance for the first time; the feeling that one is attracted to another person
不合眼緣 / 不合眼缘 ― bù hé yǎnyuán ― to feel unconnected by fate to someone from the eyes, often (euphemistically) to find them unattractive

See also

瞼緣炎／睑缘炎 (jiǎnyuányán)

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