點眼

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	eye
trad. (點眼)		點	眼
simp. (点眼)		点	眼
anagram		眼點／眼点

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diǎnyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² ngaan⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiám-gán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnyǎn [Phonetic: diányǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tien³-yen³
  - Yale: dyǎn-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanyean
  - Palladius: дяньянь (djanʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dim² ngaan⁵
  - Yale: dím ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dim² ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dim² ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiám-gán
  - Tâi-lô: tiám-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diafmgarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁴¹/

Verb

點眼

(Buddhism) to perform an eye-opening ceremony for a newly built idol; to consecrate; to bless
(literary) to do something important at a critical juncture
(literary) to put drops in the eyes
(literary) to cry; to shed tears; to weep
(go) to perform a dianyan

Synonyms

(perform a dianyan): 點殺／点杀

Derived terms

開光點眼 / 开光点眼

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (點眼):

→ Korean: 점안(點眼) (jeoman)
→ Vietnamese: điểm nhãn (點眼)

Korean

Hanja in this term
點	眼

Noun

點眼 • (jeoman) (hangeul 점안)

hanja form^? of 점안 (“to consecrate a Buddha image”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
點	眼

Verb

點眼

chữ Hán form of điểm nhãn (“to consecrate a Buddha image”)