貓兒眼

Chinese

		cat	eye
trad. (貓兒眼)		貓兒	眼
simp. (猫儿眼)		猫儿	眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): māoryǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠㄦㄧㄢˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâ-jî-gán / bâ-lî-gán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: māoryǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: maoryǎn
  - Wade–Giles: mao¹-ʼrh-yen³
  - Yale: māur-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaulyean
  - Palladius: маорянь (maorjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ-jî-gán
  - Tâi-lô: bâ-jî-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baji'garn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³⁻³³ ʑi²³⁻³³ ɡan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ-lî-gán
  - Tâi-lô: bâ-lî-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bali'garn
  - IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡan⁵³/

Noun

貓兒眼

(Mandarin) Erhua form of 貓眼／猫眼 (māoyǎn, “cat's eye”).
(Taiwanese Hokkien) eye of a cat

Verb

貓兒眼

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to be refreshed
倒咧貓兒眼／倒咧猫儿眼 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― tó teh bâ-jî-gán [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to lie down and get refreshed (by opium)

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