點眼

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	eye
trad. (點眼)		點	眼
simp. (点眼)		点	眼
anagram		眼點／眼点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎnyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² ngaan⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiám-gán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnyǎn [Phonetic: diányǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-yen³
    • Yale: dyǎn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanyean
    • Palladius: дяньянь (djanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² ngaan⁵
    • Yale: dím ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiám-gán
    • Tâi-lô: tiám-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diafmgarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁴¹/

Verb

點眼

1. (Buddhism) to perform an eye-opening ceremony for a newly built idol; to consecrate; to bless
2. (literary) to do something important at a critical juncture
3. (literary) to put drops in the eyes
4. (literary) to cry; to shed tears; to weep
5. (go) to perform a dianyan

Synonyms

• (perform a dianyan): 點殺／点杀

Derived terms

• 開光點眼／开光点眼

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (點眼):

• → Korean: 점안(點眼) (jeoman)
• → Vietnamese: điểm nhãn (點眼)

Korean

Hanja in this term
點	眼

Noun

點眼 • (jeoman) (hangeul 점안)

1. Hanja form^? of 점안 (“to consecrate a Buddha image”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
點	眼

Verb

點眼

1. chữ Hán form of điểm nhãn (“to consecrate a Buddha image”).