白眼

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	eye
simp. and trad. (白眼)		白	眼
anagram		眼白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ngaan⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍k-gán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-yen³
    • Yale: bái-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyean
    • Palladius: байянь (bajjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyeal
    • Palladius: байяньр (bajjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: baahk ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² ŋaːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-gán
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peggarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪk̚²⁴⁻² ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 白眼

1. white of the eye; sclera
2. (figurative) disdainful look
3. (Tianjin Mandarin) one's daughter's child (as opposed to one's son's child ― 紅眼)

Verb

白眼

1. to give a supercilious look; to look at someone with contempt

Antonyms

• (all senses): 青眼 (qīngyǎn)