DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

眼睛

Mandarin · pinyin yǎn jing

eye
Classifier: 隻 zhī, 雙 shuāng

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

眼: yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
睛: jīng · eyeball; pupil of eye

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–5 · yan3 jing5

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links6source references

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

眼睛 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngaan5 zing1

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

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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

noun

eye; eyes (Classifier: 隻／只 m; 雙／双 m; 對／对 m)
(mahjong) two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack