眼緣

Chinese

		eye	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (眼緣)		眼	緣
simp. (眼缘)		眼	缘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ jyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyuán
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-yüan²
  - Yale: yǎn-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyuan
  - Palladius: яньюань (janʹjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnyuánr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyuánr
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-yüan²-ʼrh
  - Yale: yǎn-ywánr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyual
  - Palladius: яньюаньр (janʹjuanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ jyun⁴
  - Yale: ngáahn yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ jyːn²¹/

Noun

眼緣

the feeling that one is “connected to another person by fate” upon seeing their appearance for the first time; the feeling that one is attracted to another person
不合眼緣／不合眼缘 ― bù hé yǎnyuán ― to feel unconnected by fate to someone from the eyes, often (euphemistically) to find them unattractive

See also

瞼緣炎／睑缘炎 (jiǎnyuányán)

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