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眼球

眼球

Chinese

		eye	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (眼球)		眼	球

Noun

眼球

eyeball
(by extension) people's attention
吸引眼球 ― xīyǐn yǎnqiú ― to catch people's eyes

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眼	球
がん Grade: 5	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

眼球 ‎(hiragana がんきゅう, romaji gankyū)

(anatomy) eyeball

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǎnqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ kau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): gán-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎnqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎnqiúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanchyoul
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰjɤʊɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ kau⁴
  - Yale: ngáahn kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ kau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɑːn¹³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: gán-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnkiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiu²³/