Sentence #3671251 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 眼睛 is built
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眼yǎneye 双)
目eye · mùMeaning part
艮stopping · gěnSound part
目 hints at the meaning (eye); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǎn.
睛jīngeye; eyeballlight in 眼睛
目eye · mùMeaning part
青blue-green · qīngSound part
目 hints at the meaning (eye); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jing.
How to write 眼睛
眼 11 strokes · 睛 13 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 眼睛 (yǎnjing). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
眼睛 (yǎnjing) means “eye”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it yǎnjing: yǎn with a 3rd tone, then jing with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 眼睛 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 只 (zhī) or 双 (shuāng). For example, one eye is 一只眼睛 (yì zhī yǎnjing).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanjing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 眼睛 from the suggestions. Typing yanjing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
眼睛 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
眼yǎn3rd tone, dipping
睛jingneutral tone, light and short
