眼金金

Chinese

		eye	metal; gold; money	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (眼金金)		眼	金	金
alternative forms		眼甘甘

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ gam¹ gam¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ gam¹ gam¹
    • Yale: ngáahn gām gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ gam¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ gem¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ kɐm⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Adjective

眼金金

1. (Cantonese) staring at someone or something covetously

   眼金金望住我 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   ngaan⁵ gam¹ gam¹ mong⁶ zyu⁶ ngo⁵ [Jyutping]

   staring at me covetously

Synonyms

• (Hakka, Teochew) 目金金

See also

• (Hokkien) 金金, 擘金金