眼睛 in English

Measure word

• 双 shuāng two; double; pair; both; even (number) attested
• 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc attested

Character breakdown

• 眼 yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])
• 睛 jīng eye

Stroke order

How it used to be written

眼

• Small seal script

睛

• Clerical script 西漢

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 他们有眼睛，但看不见；有耳朵，但听不见。

  They have eyes but they do not see - ears, and they do not hear.

• 他的眼睛掩饰不了内心的恐慌。

  His eyes betrayed his fear.

• 他闭上了眼睛。

  He closed his eyes.

• 你的眼睛为什么那么大？

  Why are your eyes so big?

• 你的眼睛让我想到了星星。

  Your eyes remind me of stars.

• 你眼睛好尖啊。

  You have very piercing eyes.

• 刚出生的小鸡还没有睁开眼睛。

  The newborn chicks still have not opened their eyes.

• 她是蓝眼睛的中国穆斯林。

  She's a blue-eyed Chinese Muslim.

All example sentences with 眼睛