起眼

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	eye
trad. (起眼)		起	眼
simp. #(起眼)		起	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyǎn [Phonetic: qíyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yen³
    • Yale: chǐ-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyean
    • Palladius: циянь (cijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyǎnr [Phonetic: qíyǎnr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chǐ-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiyeal
    • Palladius: цияньр (cijanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² ngaan⁵
    • Yale: héi ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Adjective

起眼

1. attractive; outstanding; remarkable; impressive; eye-catching; striking
   • 孩子眼 by Jinny Ng:

   當我這情人已不起眼 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
   当我这情人已不起眼 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

   dong¹ ngo⁵ ze² cing⁴ jan⁴ ji⁵ bat¹ hei² ngaan⁵ [Jyutping]

   When I, your girlfriend, is already not eye-catching

Synonyms

• 顯目／显目 (xiǎnmù)
• 顯眼／显眼 (xiǎnyǎn)

Derived terms

• 不起眼 (bùqǐyǎn)