貓眼
Chinese
| cat | eye | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (貓眼) | 貓 | 眼 | |
| simp. (猫眼) | 猫 | 眼 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: māoyǎn
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: maoyǎn
- Wade–Giles: mao1-yen3
- Yale: māu-yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhauyean
- Palladius: маоянь (maojanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (貓兒眼 / 猫儿眼)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: māoryǎn
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦ ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: maoryǎn
- Wade–Giles: mao1-ʼrh-yen3
- Yale: māur-yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaulyean
- Palladius: маорянь (maorjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: Erhua only applicable to sense #1.
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maau1 ngaan5
- Yale: māau ngáahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: maau1 ngaan5
- Guangdong Romanization: mao1 ngan5
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːu̯⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
貓眼
- (mineralogy) cat's eye; cymophane
- (colloquial) spyhole; peephole
- (rail transport) (dog) spike
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 貓 / 猫, 眼: cat's eye