眼線

Chinese

		eye	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (眼線/眼綫)		眼	線/綫
simp. (眼线)		眼	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: yǎn-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanshiann
    • Palladius: яньсянь (janʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ sin³
    • Yale: ngáahn sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ siːn³³/

Noun

眼線

1. informant; person that relays confidential information
2. (cosmetics) eyeline

Derived terms

• 眼線液／眼线液 (yǎnxiànyè)
• 眼線筆／眼线笔 (yǎnxiànbǐ)
• 眼線膏／眼线膏 (yǎnxiàngāo)