洗眼

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	eye
simp. and trad. (洗眼)		洗	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐyǎn [Phonetic: xíyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-yen³
    • Yale: syǐ-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiiyean
    • Palladius: сиянь (sijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² ngaan⁵
    • Yale: sái ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Verb

洗⫽眼 (verb-object)

1. (literally) to wash one's eye(s)
2. (figurative) to use eye bleach; to wash one's brain out with soap

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洗	眼
せん Grade: 6	がん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

洗(せん)眼(がん) • (sengan) 

1. washing the eyes