有眼無珠

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	eye	not have	pearl; bead
trad. (有眼無珠)		有	眼	無	珠
simp. (有眼无珠)		有	眼	无	珠
alternative forms		有目無珠／有目无珠有眼無瞳／有眼无瞳肉眼無珠／肉眼无珠眼內無珠／眼内无珠盲眼無珠／盲眼无珠
Literally: “have an eye, but not an eyeball”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒuyǎnwúzhū

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ ngaan⁵ mou⁴ zyu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú gán bû chu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuyǎnwúzhū [Phonetic: yóuyǎnwúzhū]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuyǎnwújhu
  - Wade–Giles: yu³-yen³-wu²-chu¹
  - Yale: yǒu-yǎn-wú-jū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouyeanwuju
  - Palladius: юяньучжу (jujanʹučžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ ngaan⁵ mou⁴ zyu¹
  - Yale: yáuh ngáahn mòuh jyū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ ngaan⁵ mou⁴ dzy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ ngan⁵ mou⁴ ju¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ ŋaːn¹³ mou̯²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú gán bû chu
  - Tâi-lô: iú gán bû tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuo garn buu zw
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/

Idiom

有眼無珠

(figurative) lacking the ability to see or discern; to have a narrow vision; ignorant

References

“Entry #7667”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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