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yǎn
HSK 2freq #762

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yǎn
  1. 1.eye (CL:只[zhī],双[shuāng])
  2. 2.(often used with 一[yī]) a look; a glance
  3. 3.small hole
  4. 4.(bound form) salient point
  5. 5.classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.eye (Classifier: 隻/只 m c; 雙/双 m c; 對/对 c)
  2. 2.to see; to view; to see ... in person
  3. 3.to keep sight of; to monitor; to watch
  4. 4.sight; vision
  5. 5.Classifier for actions of the eye: glance; glimpse
  6. 6.to testify; to witness
  7. 7.eyelet; aperture; hole; opening
  8. 8.tempo in the opera
  9. 9.territory in game Go (board game).
  10. 10.loophole; shortcoming
  11. 11.bubbles of boiling water
  12. 12.mesh
  13. 13.key point; critical moment
  14. 14.trap
  15. 15.Classifier for springs, wells and ponds.
  16. 16.some; a bit
  17. 17.two identical tiles which are an essential part of a legal winning hand
  18. 18.Classifier for lamps.
  19. 19.Classifier for needles.
  20. 20.protruding; bulging (like bulging eyes)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋrɯːnʔ): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns). Derived from Etymology 2 (Sagart, 1999). Displaced common Sino-Tibetan 目 (OC *muɡ, “eye”) in many dialects.

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