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ㄧㄢˇ [yan3.Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  The eye: [yan3jing0]↑;
,張 open one's eyes;
close eyes;
blind;
跳 eyes twitch (said to be omen of bad news);
(see) in a flash;
裡不揉沙子 refuse to be hoodwinked;
不見為淨 (food) is regarded as clean so long as you do not see how it is prepared;
絲兒不見就走了 in a wink he was gone;
看著 see with one's own eyes;
看待 treat, welcome, with special regard;
打馬虎 pretend not to see, to overlook;
it hurts to see (s. t.);
give a furtive glance;
a smiling glance;
angry look;
narrow slits of eyes;
龍 (facet.) one-eyed person (cf. the Cyclops);
田雞 (facet.) person wearing shortsighted spectacles;
look with favor (with black of eye);
look with disfavor (with white of eye).
(2)  Insight, vision, power of vision, angle or level of judgment: 界,光,[yan3jie4], [yan3guang1], [yan3li4]↓;
高 highly critical;
高手低 high in aim but low-rate in execution, have high ambition but no real ability;
拙 (court.) not to recognize a distinguished person;
岔 vision blurred;
[yan3li2]↓;
欲穿 expect to see s. o. who never comes;
shade in eyes as showing certain emotions: 紅 jealous;
藍(正為這件事急得藍) desperately anxious;
黑愛鈔 greedy, with a black conscience;
[yan3bai2]↓;
饞,熱 greedy to possess a thing after seeing it;
尖 sharp-eyed.
(3)  A hole: 針 needle hole;
opening to cave;
hole in coin;
hole in the well;
井 well with double holes;
屁股兒 anus;
the mind's eye;
fill a space in chess.
(4)  Salient or weighted point: 字 meaning of a phrase;
兒 choice of words, special phrases;
the beat in operatic song, stress in musical bar.
Words1.巴巴 [yan3ba1ba1], adv., (waiting) anxiously. 
2.白 [yan3bai2], n., (physiol.) the white of the eye (also called 鞏膜,白膜). 
3.波 [yan3bo1], n., a fluid glance (of woman). 
4.前 [yan3qian2], adv., in the present moment, in immediate presence: 吃前虧 accept a present loss; 前歡 a momentary pleasure; 前花(兒) children at home regarded as flowers to please the eye; 前報 immediate retribution. 
5.球 [yan3qiu2], n., eyeball; see [yan3zhu1er0]↓. 
6.圈兒 [yan3chua1er0], n., the region of eye socket: 圈兒一紅 about to cry (also 圈子). 
7.毒 [yan3du2], n., as in 招人的毒 meet with hostile looks. 
8.福 [yan3fu2], n., a chance to enjoy seeing s. t. unusual or delightful. 
9.光(兒) [yan3guang1]([er0]), n., (1)  judgment, discrimination (good, bad, superficial); (2)  state of attention (focussed, distracted, listless, etc.); (3)  taste: 這件怕不對他的光兒 this I'm afraid will not suit his taste. 
10.花 [yan3hua1], adj., dim in vision: 花撩亂 see things in a blur; 花兒 darling, the apple of one's eye: 看他的兒女好像花兒似的 his children are his darlings. 
11.睜睜 [yan3zheng1zheng1], adv., seeing with open eyes (an act committed). 
12.瞼 [yan2jian3], n., the eyelid. 
13.見得 [yan3jian4de0], adv., before one's eyes (s. t. happens). 
14.界 [yan3jie4], n., range of experience: 界廣 has a wide range of experience; 開界 open up a new vista, see s. t. novel. 
15.睫毛 [yan3jie2mao2], n., eyelashes. 
16.結膜 [yan3jie2mo2], n., conjunctiva. 
17.猗角兒 [yan3ji0jiao3er0], n., corners of one's eyes. 
18.鏡 [yan3jing4] n., spectacles; 鏡蛇 [yan3jing4she2], (zoo.) the cobra. 
19.睛 [yan3jing0], n., the eye; also (fig.) 做他的睛 be spy for him, see [yan3mu4]↓. 
20.珠兒 [yan3zhu1er0], n., pupil of the eye; (fig.) power of discrimination: 真沒珠兒 fail to recognize thing for what it is; 珠子 (a) eyeball; (b) darling in one's eyes. 
21.中釘 [yan3zhong1ding1], n., an eyesore, a hated person that one wishes removed: 中刺 ditto; 中人 sweetheart. 
22.科 [yan3ke1], n., ophthalmology, study dealing with diseases of the eye: 科專家 oculist, ophthalmologist. 
23.眶(子) [yan3kuang4]([zi0]), n., the eye socket. 
24.庫 [yan3ku4], n., eye bank. 
25.孔 [yan2kong3], n., (1)  the eye; (2)  see [yan3jie4]↑; 孔大 wide range of experience. 
26.淚 [yan3lei4], n., tears. 
27.簾 [yan3lian2], n., iris (of the eye). 
28.力 [yan3li4] ([yan3li0]), n., power of discrimination; 力見兒 [yan3li4jia4er0], tact. 
29.離 [yan3li2], n., hallucination. 
30.面前(兒) [yan3mian0qian2] ([yan3mian0qia2er0]), phr., 眼面前的事 things of common daily occurrence.  
31.目 [yan3mu4], n., (1)  the eye; (2)  spy who reports to s. o. what he sees. 
32.皮(兒) [yan3pi2] ([yan3pierer0]), n., the eyelid: 皮子底下 under one's eyes, at present; 皮子淺 shortsighted; 皮兒雜 has many social contacts. 
33.色 [yan3se4], n., (1)  a look, glance of the eye as signal: 遞箇色與他 gave him a meaningful glance; (2)  facial expression, countenance: 看人的色 watch s. o.’s look or mood, esp. superior's. 
34.生 [yan3sheng1], adj., looking unfamiliar; cf. [yan3shu2]↓. 
35.神(兒) [yan3shen2] ([yan3she2er0]), n., look, expression in one's eyes. 
36.下 [yan3xia4], adv., at present (also 目下); within survey. 
37.線 [yan3xian4] ([yan3xian0]), police informer leading to culprit's hide-out. 
38.系兒 [yan3xie4er0], n., the structure of nerves, muscles, etc. which constitute the eye (also 系子). 
39.熟 [yan3shu2], adj., familiar-looking. 
40.同 [yan3tong2], prep., together with: 同證人 (=會同) together with the witness(es). 
41.子 [yan3zi0], n., a hole in flute, tube, etc. 
42.網膜 [yan2wang3mo4], n., retina. 
43.窩(兒)(子) [yan3wo1]([er0])([zi0]), n., the eye socket. 
44.暈 [yan3yUn4], adj., dizzy, giddy.