起眼

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	eye
trad. (起眼)		起	眼
simp. ^#(起眼)		起	眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² ngaan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyǎn [Phonetic: qíyǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yen³
  - Yale: chǐ-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyean
  - Palladius: циянь (cijanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyǎnr [Phonetic: qíyǎnr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄢㄦˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyǎnr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yanrh³
  - Yale: chǐ-yǎnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyeal
  - Palladius: цияnр (cijanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² ngaan⁵
  - Yale: héi ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Adjective

起眼

attractive; outstanding; remarkable; impressive; eye-catching; striking
- 孩子眼 by Jinny Ng:
- 當我這情人已不起眼 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  当我这情人已不起眼 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  dong¹ ngo⁵ ze² cing⁴ jan⁴ ji⁵ bat¹ hei² ngaan⁵ [Jyutping]
  When I, your girlfriend, is already not eye-catching

Synonyms

顯目／显目 (xiǎnmù)
顯眼／显眼 (xiǎnyǎn)

Derived terms

不起眼 (bùqǐyǎn)

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