順眼

See also: 顺眼

Chinese

		to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable	eye
trad. (順眼)		順	眼
simp. (顺眼)		顺	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùnyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ ngaan⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sun-ngién / sun-ngián
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-gán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-yen³
    • Yale: shwùn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennyean
    • Palladius: шуньянь (šunʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: seuhn ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² ŋaːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sun-ngién
    • Hakka Romanization System: sun ngien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sun<sup>4</sup> ngian<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /sun⁵⁵ ŋi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sun-ngián
    • Hakka Romanization System: sun ngian`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sun⁴ ngian³
    • Sinological IPA: /sun⁵⁵ ŋi̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-gán
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxn'garn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ ɡan⁴¹/

Adjective

順眼

1. easy on the eye; having acceptable looks

   老細一直都睇佢唔順眼，小小事就鬧佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   老细一直都睇佢唔顺眼，小小事就闹佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   lou⁵ sai³ jat¹ zik⁶ dou¹ tai² keoi⁵ m⁴ seon⁶ ngaan⁵, siu² siu² si⁶ zau⁶ naau⁶ keoi⁵. [Jyutping]

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   • 平時做官極其風厲，在街上看見有不順眼的人，抓過來就是一頓。尤其犯惡打前劉海的人，見了總要打的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     平时做官极其风厉，在街上看见有不顺眼的人，抓过来就是一顿。尤其犯恶打前刘海的人，见了总要打的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1903, 李寶嘉, 官場現形記

     Píngshí zuòguān jíqí fēnglì, zài jiēshàng kànjiàn yǒu bù shùnyǎn de rén, zhuā guò lái jiù shì yī dùn. Yóuqí fàn'è dǎ qián liúhǎi de rén, jiàn le zǒng yào dǎ de. [Pinyin]

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   • 1937, Lao She, 駱駝祥子, 3rd edition, Shanghai: 文化生活出版社, published 1946, page 268:

     進了小胡同，一條狗大概看穿長衣拉車的不甚順眼，跟著他咬。 [MSC, trad.]
     进了小胡同，一条狗大概看穿长衣拉车的不甚顺眼，跟着他咬。 [MSC, simp.]

     Jìn le xiǎo hútóng, yī tiáo gǒu dàgài kàn chuān chángyī lā chē de bù shèn shùnyǎn, gēnzhe tā yǎo. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 順目／顺目

Antonyms

• (Hokkien) 礙目／碍目, 桀目