Cantonese Dictionary

眼火爆

ngaan5 fo2 baau3

Mandarin: yan3 huo3 bao4

(slang) angry; outraged; furious; mad; eyes blazing with anger

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眼炎

ngaan5 jim4

Mandarin: yan3 yan2

Ophthalmia

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眼熱

ngaan5 jit6

be jealous; covet

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眼球震顫

ngaan5 kau4 zan3 zin3

Mandarin: yan3 qiu2 zhen4 chan4

nystagmus, a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side

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眼甘甘

ngaan5 gam1 gam1

Mandarin: yan3 gan1 gan1

(adverb) (gazing | gawking | staring) greedily

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眼界

ngaan5 gaai3

Mandarin: yan3 jie4

vision | aim

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眼痛

ngaan5 tung3

Mandarin: yan3 tong4

to have eye pain (ophthalmalgia, ophthalmodynia)

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眼癱癱

ngaan5 taan1 taan1

Cantonese

in despair

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眼白

ngaan5 baak6*2

the white of the eye

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眼白白

ngaan5 baak6 baak6

Mandarin: yan3 bai2 bai2

(adverb) (look on) dully or blankly; (look on) helplessly; to describe how one is watching something happening right before one's very eyes but that there is nothing that one can do about it

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眼皮

ngaan5 pei4

Mandarin: yan3 pi2

eyelid

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眼目

ngaan5 muk6

Mandarin: yan3 mu4

eyes

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眼盲

ngaan5 maang4

Mandarin: yan3 mang2

blind, blindness

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眼盲嘅

ngaan5 maang4 ge3

Mandarin: yan3 mang2 ge3

Cantonese

blind [colloquial]

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眼眉

ngaan5 mei4

Mandarin: yan3 mei2

(noun) eyebrow

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眼眉毛

ngaan5 mei4 mou4

Mandarin: yan3 mei2 mao5

eyebrow

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眼眉毛長

ngaan5 mei4 mou4 coeng4

Mandarin: yan3 mei2 mao5 zhang3

Simplified: 眼眉毛长

(noun) long eyebrow

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眼眉跳

ngaan5 mei4 tiu4

Mandarin: yan3 mei2 tiao4

twitching of the eyelid, usually taken as an omen for disaster or as a sign of being in the thoughts of their loved ones

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眼看

ngaan5 hon3

Mandarin: yan3 kan4

soon; in a moment

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眼看手勿動

ngaan5 hon3 sau2 mat6 dung6

Mandarin: yan3 kan4 shou3 wu4 dong4

Cantonese

just for looking, not for touching; just look; don't touch

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眼眨眨

ngaan5 zaam2 zaam2

Mandarin: yan3 zha3 zha3

blinking eyes

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眼眶

ngaan5 kwaang1

Mandarin: yan3 kuang4

[1] eye socket [2] rim of the eye

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眼眸

ngaan5 mau4

pupil (of the eye)

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眼睛

ngaan5 zing1

Mandarin: yan3 jing5

the eyes | [粵]: 眼 (ngaan5)

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眼睛生響頭頂

ngaan5 zing1 saang1 hoeng2 tau4 deng2

Mandarin: yan3 jing5 sheng1 xiang3 tou2 ding3

Simplified: 眼睛生响头顶

a metaphor to describe someone who is very arrogant

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眼睛疲勞

ngaan5 zing1 pei4 lou4

Mandarin: yan3 jing5 pei2 lao2

eyestrain

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眼睜睜

ngaan5 zang1 zang1

looking on helplessly

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眼睩睩

ngaan5 luk1 luk1

Mandarin: yan3 lu4 lu4

big eyes (normally used for describing babies's eyes); angry staring eyes; to roll eyes around looking in different directions

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眼睫毛

ngaan5 zit3 mou4

Mandarin: yan3 jie2 mao2

(noun) eyelashes

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眼睫毛液

ngaan5 zit3 mou4 jik6

Mandarin: yan3 jie2 mao2 yi4 (Taiwan), yan3 jie2 mao2 ye4 (PRC)

mascara

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