Eye in Chinese (Mandarin): 眼睛 (yǎnjing)
眼睛
yǎnjing
eye
- Simplified
- 眼睛
- Traditional
- 眼睛
- Pinyin
- yǎnjing
- Typed as
- yanjing
Use it in a sentence
我闭上眼睛。
我閉上眼睛。
I close my eyes.
The characters in 眼睛
眼
Eye. 目 (eye) is on the left.
11 strokes
睛
The eyeball. 目 is on the left again.
13 strokes
Say 睛 short and light: yǎn-jing. 目 is the old word for eye and is part of 看 (kàn, look).
More examples with 眼睛
她的眼睛很大。
Tā de yǎnjing hěn dà.
Her eyes are big.
猫的眼睛是绿色的。
貓的眼睛是綠色的。
Māo de yǎnjing shì lǜsè de.
The cat's eyes are green.
How to write 眼睛 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
眼 11 strokes
睛 13 strokes
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