眈眈

Chinese

		gaze intently	gaze intently
simp. and trad. (眈眈)		眈	眈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāndān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄉㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam¹ daam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāndān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄉㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dandan
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-tan¹
  - Yale: dān-dān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dandan
  - Palladius: даньдань (danʹdanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    單單 / 单单
    眈眈
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daam¹ daam¹
  - Yale: dāam dāam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam¹ daam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dam¹ dam¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm⁵⁵ taːm⁵⁵/

Adjective

眈眈

(literary, ideophonic) glaring; staring (angrily)

Derived terms

虎視眈眈 / 虎视眈眈 (hǔshìdāndān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眈	眈
たん Hyōgai	たん Hyōgai
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 眈眈 – see the following entry.

【眈々たんたん】

[adjective] (glaring) covetously, (watching) eagerly (for a chance)

(This term, 眈眈, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)