獨眼

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	eye
trad. (獨眼)		獨	眼
simp. (独眼)		独	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ ngaan⁵
• Northern Min (KCR): dŭ-ngǎing
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-gán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-yen³
    • Yale: dú-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuyean
    • Palladius: дуянь (dujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: duhk ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² ŋaːn¹³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dŭ-ngǎing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²⁴ ŋaiŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-gán
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doggarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡan⁴¹/

Adjective

獨眼

1. (attributive) one-eyed

Synonyms

• 單眼／单眼 (dānyǎn)

Noun

獨眼

1. (Northern Min) person blind in one eye

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 獨眼龍 (“person blind in one eye”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		獨眼龍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	獨眼兒龍
	Taiwan	獨眼龍
	Singapore	獨眼龍
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	獨眼龍
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	獨眼兒龍
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	一隻眼, 獨眼銃
	Wanrong	一隻眼
	Xi'an	一隻眼兒
	Xuzhou	獨眼兒龍, 獨眼龍
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	獨眼龍
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	獨眼兒龍, 獨眼龍, 邊花兒
	Wuhan	半邊街, 獨眼龍
	Guiyang	獨眼龍
	Liuzhou	獨眼龍
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	獨眼龍
Cantonese	Guangzhou	獨眼龍, 單眼佬 man, 單眼仔 boy
	Hong Kong	單眼佬 man, 單眼婆 woman, 單眼仔 boy, 單眼妹 girl
	Dongguan	單眼佬 man, 單眼婆 woman, 單眼仔 boy, 單眼女 girl
Gan	Nanchang	獨眼龍
	Pingxiang	獨眼龍
Hakka	Meixian	單眼仔
	Yudu	隻眼子, 隻眼, 單眼, 獨眼龍
Jin	Taiyuan	獨眼龍
Northern Min	Jian'ou	獨眼龍, 獨眼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	獨眼龍
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍鳥目
	Quanzhou	拍鳥目
	Zhangzhou	拍鳥目
	Shantou	獨目
	Jieyang	獨目
	Leizhou	老𭿞
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	獨眼龍
Wu	Shanghai	獨眼龍
	Shanghai (Chongming)	獨眼龍
	Suzhou	獨眼龍
	Danyang	獨眼龍
	Hangzhou	獨眼龍
	Ningbo	獨眼龍
	Jinhua	獨隻眼
Xiang	Changsha	獨眼龍