隱眼

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	eye
trad. (隱眼)		隱	眼
simp. (隐眼)		隐	眼

Etymology

Short for 隱形眼鏡／隐形眼镜 (yǐnxíng yǎnjìng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐnyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyǎn [Phonetic: yínyǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: yin³-yen³
  - Yale: yǐn-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinyean
  - Palladius: иньянь (inʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

隱眼

(chiefly Taiwanese Mandarin) contact lens; contact (Classifier: 副 m)
- 2019, 洪宇晴, 吃貨雞仔的日常, Taipei: 三采文化, →ISBN, page 32:
  
  沒空戴隱眼　跟昨天穿一樣　（反正大家修不同堂課） [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  没空戴隐眼　跟昨天穿一样　（反正大家修不同堂课） [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  méikōng dài yǐnyǎn, gēn zuótiān chuān yīyàng, (fǎnzhèng dàjiā xiū bùtóng tángkè) [Pinyin]
  No time to put contacts on, wearing the same outfit as yesterday (everyone takes different courses anyway)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 隱形眼鏡 (“contact lens”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		角膜接觸鏡, 隱形眼鏡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	隱形眼鏡, 隱眼
Cantonese	Hong Kong	隱形眼鏡, con
Southern Min	Yilan	隱形目鏡
Wu	Shanghai	隱形眼鏡, 無形眼鏡