針眼

See also: 针眼

Chinese

		needle; pin; injection	eye
trad. (針眼)		針	眼
simp. (针眼)		针	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ ngaan⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cham-gán / chiam-gán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnyǎn → zhēnyan (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄧㄢˇ → ㄓㄣ ˙ㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenyån
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-yen⁵
    • Yale: jēn-yan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen.yean
    • Palladius: чжэньянь (čžɛnʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ jɛn²/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: jām ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cham-gán
    • Tâi-lô: tsam-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zamgarn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam³³ ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-gán
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamgarn
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡan⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 針眼

1. eye of the needle
2. (medicine) sty; hordeolum
3. perforation made with a needle; pinprick