使眼色

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	hint given with the eyes; meaningful glance
simp. and trad. (使眼色)		使	眼色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐ yǎnsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² ngaan⁵ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐ yǎnsè [Phonetic: shíyǎnsè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐh yǎnsè
    • Wade–Giles: shih³ yen³-sê⁴
    • Yale: shř yǎn-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy yeanseh
    • Palladius: ши яньсэ (ši janʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² ngaan⁵ sik¹
    • Yale: sí ngáahn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² ngaan⁵ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² ngan⁵ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ ŋaːn¹³ sɪk̚⁵/

Verb

使⫽眼色 (verb-object)

1. to tip somebody the wink; to wink at somebody; to give someone a meaningful glance

Synonyms

• 做眼色 (zuò yǎnsè)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 使目色, 使目尾, 𥍉目, 縒目尾／𬘷目尾