打眼

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	eye
simp. and trad. (打眼)		打	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎyǎn [Phonetic: dáyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-yen³
    • Yale: dǎ-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daayean
    • Palladius: даянь (dajanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎyǎnr [Phonetic: dáyǎnr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: dǎ-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daayeal
    • Palladius: даяньр (dajanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note:

• dǎyǎnr - “to punch/bore a hole; to drill”.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² ngaan⁵
    • Yale: dá ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Verb

打眼

1. (archaic) to open the eyes
2. to drill, punch, or pierce a hole
3. (cant) to have an oversight and be cheated when buying (an antique)

Synonyms

• (to punch a hole):

• 戮空 (Hokkien)
• 打孔 (dǎkǒng)
• 打洞 (dǎdòng)
• 打窿 (Cantonese)
• 拍空 (Hokkien)
• 穿孔 (chuānkǒng)
• 鑽／钻
• 鑿／凿
• 鑽孔／钻孔 (zuānkǒng)

 

Adjective

打眼

1. (dialectal) eye-catching; attracting attention