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針眼

針眼

See also: 针眼

Chinese

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

Noun

針眼

eye of the needle
(medicine) sty; hordeolum
perforation made with a needle; pinprick

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhēnyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ ngaan⁵
Min Nan (POJ): cham-gán / chiam-gán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zhēnyǎn → zhēnyan (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄧㄢˇ → ㄓㄣㄧㄢ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen.yean
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ i̯ɛn²/
  - Homophones:
    
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    針眼／针眼
    針鼴／针鼹
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zam¹ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: jām ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ ngaan⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ ŋɑːn¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cham-gán
  - Tâi-lô: tsam-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zamgarn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam³³ gan⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-gán
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamgarn
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ gan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ gan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² gan⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² gan⁵³/