跌眼鏡

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to tumble	eye lens; glasses; eyeglasses eye lens; glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles
trad. (跌眼鏡)		跌	眼鏡
simp. (跌眼镜)		跌	眼镜

Etymology

Literally “to drop one's eyeglasses”; see 大跌眼鏡／大跌眼镜 (dàdiēyǎnjìng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diēyǎnjìng, diéyǎnjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dit³ ngaan⁵ geng^3-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diēyǎnjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dieyǎnjìng
    • Wade–Giles: tieh¹-yen³-ching⁴
    • Yale: dyē-yǎn-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dieyeanjinq
    • Palladius: деяньцзин (dejanʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diēyǎnjìngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dieyǎnjìngr
    • Wade–Giles: tieh¹-yen³-ching⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dyē-yǎn-jìngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dieyeanjienql
    • Palladius: деяньцзинр (dejanʹczinr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diéyǎnjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diéyǎnjìng
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²-yen³-ching⁴
    • Yale: dyé-yǎn-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyeyeanjinq
    • Palladius: деяньцзин (dejanʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dit³ ngaan⁵ geng^3-2
    • Yale: dit ngáahn géng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dit⁸ ngaan⁵ geng^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: did³ ngan⁵ géng^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːt̚³ ŋaːn¹³ kɛːŋ³³⁻³⁵/

Idiom

跌眼鏡

1. (figurative) to have one's jaws drop (often in a bad way); to be surprised or astonished; to be dumbfounded

See also

• 大跌眼鏡／大跌眼镜 (dàdiēyǎnjìng)
• 跌破眼鏡／跌破眼镜