HSK 4 · Clothing

眼镜 yǎnjìng “glasses” in Chinese

Traditional 眼鏡

What 眼镜 means

  1. glasses
  2. spectacles
  3. eyeglasses

Measure word 副 fù · 一副眼镜 yí fù yǎnjìng

How to say 眼镜

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale眼yǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale镜jìng4th tone, falling

眼镜 in a sentence

  1. 我的眼镜在哪里？

    Wǒ de yǎnjìng zài nǎlǐ?

    Where are my glasses?

    Sentence #408722 from Tatoeba

  2. 我注意到她戴着新眼镜。

    Wǒ zhùyì dào tā dài zhe xīn yǎnjìng.

    I noticed that she’s wearing new glasses.

    Sentence #5613609 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这副眼镜多少钱？

    Zhè fù yǎnjìng duōshǎo qián?

    How much are these glasses?

    Sentence #827570 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 眼镜 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 眼 (yǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
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.

The character 镜 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
镜jìngmirror
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 竟finally · jìngSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 竟 (jìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìng.

How to write 眼镜

眼 11 strokes · 镜 16 strokes

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眼镜 (yǎnjìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 眼镜 (yǎnjìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 眼镜

Words with 眼

眼睛yǎnjing · eye眼yǎn · eye眼色yǎnsè · meaningful look眼神yǎnshén · look in one’s eyes耀眼yàoyǎn · dazzling眼光yǎnguāng · vision心眼儿xīnyǎnr · mind

Words with 镜

镜子jìngzi · mirror镜头jìngtóu · camera shot

More words: Clothing & Accessories

衬衫chènshān · shirt裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat皮鞋píxié · leather shoes裙子qúnzi · skirt行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk袜子wàzi · socks

FAQs

眼镜 (yǎnjìng) means “glasses” or “spectacles”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yǎnjìng: yǎn with a 3rd tone, then jìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 眼镜 is written 眼鏡. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 副 (fù). For example, one glasses is 一副眼镜 (yí fù yǎnjìng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanjing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 眼镜 from the suggestions. Typing yanjing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
眼镜 is an HSK 4 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.