手眼

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsau2 ngaan5

Meanings

  1. Hand- eye; the part of the wrist bone which sticks out (ulnar head)
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Same syllable, six tones

ngaanngaan1—ngaan2—ngaan3—颜ngaan4color眼ngaan5eye雁ngaan6wild goose

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shou3 yan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau2 ngaan5

Cantonese word readings for 手眼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

  1. hand and eye
  2. trickery; deception; artifice
  3. ability; skill
  4. insight; vision
  5. (Taishanese) wrist

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Exact source record & identity手眼 手眼 [shou3 yan3] {sau2 ngaan5} /Hand- eye; the part of the wrist bone which sticks out (ulnar head)/

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