做眼色

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	hint given with the eyes; meaningful glance
simp. and trad. (做眼色)		做	眼色

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuò yǎnsè

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ ngaan⁵ sik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuò yǎnsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuò yǎnsè
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴ yen³-sê⁴
  - Yale: dzwò yǎn-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh yeanseh
  - Palladius: цзо яньсэ (czo janʹsɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ ngaan⁵ sik¹
  - Yale: jouh ngáahn sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ ngaan⁵ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ ngan⁵ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² ŋaːn¹³ sɪk̚⁵/

Verb

做⫽眼色 (verb-object)

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

Synonyms

使眼色 (shǐ yǎnsè)
(Hokkien, Teochew) 使目色, 使目尾, 𥍉目

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