看走眼

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	to see wrong; to have an oversight; mistake to see wrong; to have an oversight; mistake; oversight
simp. and trad. (看走眼)		看	走眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kànzǒuyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ zau² ngaan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kànzǒuyǎn [Phonetic: kànzóuyǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kànzǒuyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-tsou³-yen³
  - Yale: kàn-dzǒu-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanntzoouyean
  - Palladius: каньцзоуянь (kanʹczoujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon³ zau² ngaan⁵
  - Yale: hon jáu ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ dzau² ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon³ zeo² ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Verb

看走眼

to judge a person or situation wrongly; to fail to identify person or things that are bad and make the mistake of trusting them

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 走漏眼
(Hokkien) 看走精

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