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how to write yan(eye) in chinese

眼

pinyinyǎn
radicals目Stroke count11
eanglish meaningeye; aperture; small hole; key point

Stroke order of the Chinese character "眼" (yan)

Handwriting

n. （眼睛） eye:

1. 瞪了他一眼
give him a hard look;

2. 假眼
artificial eye;

3. 两眼无神
with dull eyes;

4. 亲眼所见
see with one's own eyes;

5. 瞥了他一眼
shoot a glance at him;

6. 一夜没合眼
have not slept a wink the whole night;

7. 独眼总比全瞎好。
Better to have one eye than be blind altogether.

8. 她两眼含泪。
Her eyes were wet with tears.

n. （小洞; 窟窿） small hole; aperture:

1. 打个眼
bore a hole;

2. 耳朵眼儿
earhole;

3. 泉眼
the mouth of a spring;

4. 网眼
mesh (of a net);

5. 针眼
the eye of a needle;

6. 炮眼
porthole; borehole;

7. 钮眼
buttonhole

n. （事物的关键所在） key point:

1. 节骨眼儿
critical juncture

n. {围棋} （成片的白子或黑子中间的空儿） trap

n. （戏曲中的拍子） an unaccented beat in traditional Chinese music:

1. 一板三眼
one accented beat and three unaccented beats in a bar

n. （姓氏）a surname:

1. 眼宁
Yan Ning

量（用于井等）:

1. 两眼井
two wells;

2. 这眼泉干涸了。
The spring has run dry.