隱眼

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	eye
trad. (隱眼)		隱	眼
simp. (隐眼)		隐	眼

Etymology

Short for 隱形眼鏡／隐形眼镜 (yǐnxíng yǎnjìng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyǎn [Phonetic: yínyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-yen³
    • Yale: yǐn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinyean
    • Palladius: иньянь (inʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

隱眼

1. (chiefly Taiwanese Mandarin) contact lens; contact (Classifier: 副 m)
   • 2019, 洪宇晴, 吃貨雞仔的日常, Taipei: 三采文化, →ISBN, page 32:

     沒空戴隱眼　跟昨天穿一樣　（反正大家修不同堂課） [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     没空戴隐眼　跟昨天穿一样　（反正大家修不同堂课） [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     méikōng dài yǐnyǎn, gēn zuótiān chuān yīyàng, (fǎnzhèng dàjiā xiū bùtóng tángkè) [Pinyin]

     No time to put contacts on, wearing the same outfit as yesterday (everyone takes different courses anyway)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 隱形眼鏡 (“contact lens”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		角膜接觸鏡, 隱形眼鏡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	隱形眼鏡, 隱眼
Cantonese	Hong Kong	隱形眼鏡, con
Southern Min	Yilan	隱形目鏡
Wu	Shanghai	隱形眼鏡, 無形眼鏡