使眼色

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	hint given with the eyes; meaningful glance
simp. and trad. (使眼色)		使	眼色

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǐ yǎnsè

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si² ngaan⁵ sik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǐ yǎnsè [Phonetic: shíyǎnsè]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐh yǎnsè
  - Wade–Giles: shih³ yen³-sê⁴
  - Yale: shř yǎn-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy yeanseh
  - Palladius: ши яньсэ (ši janʹsɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si² ngaan⁵ sik¹
  - Yale: sí ngáahn sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si² ngaan⁵ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi² ngan⁵ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ ŋaːn¹³ sɪk̚⁵/

Verb

使⫽眼色 (verb-object)

to tip somebody the wink; to wink at somebody; to give someone a meaningful glance

Synonyms

做眼色 (zuò yǎnsè)
(Hokkien, Teochew) 使目色, 使目尾, 𥍉目, 縒目尾／𬘷目尾

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