眈眈

Chinese

		gaze intently	gaze intently
simp. and trad. (眈眈)		眈	眈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāndān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam¹ daam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāndān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dandan
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-tan¹
    • Yale: dān-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dandan
    • Palladius: даньдань (danʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam¹ daam¹
    • Yale: dāam dāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam¹ daam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam¹ dam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm⁵⁵ taːm⁵⁵/

Adjective

眈眈

1. (literary, ideophonic) glaring; staring (angrily)

Derived terms

• 虎視眈眈／虎视眈眈 (hǔshìdāndān)