卯眼

Chinese

		4th earthly branch; 5–7 a.m.	eye
simp. and trad. (卯眼)		卯	眼
alternative forms		鉚眼／铆眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎoyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁵ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎoyǎn [Phonetic: máoyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎoyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: mao³-yen³
    • Yale: mǎu-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maoyean
    • Palladius: маоянь (maojanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁵ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: máauh ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁵ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁵ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯¹³ ŋaːn¹³/

Noun

卯眼

1. mortise; slit

Synonyms

• 榫眼 (sǔnyǎn)
• 筍眼／笋眼
• (Min Nan) 榫空
• (Jin) 卯竅／卯窍