眼看

Chinese

		eye	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
simp. and trad. (眼看)		眼	看

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnkàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ hon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnkàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnkàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-kʻan⁴
    • Yale: yǎn-kàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeankann
    • Palladius: янькань (janʹkanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ hon³
    • Yale: ngáahn hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ hon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ hɔːn³³/

Verb

眼看

1. to look on passively; to watch helplessly
2. to see; to watch (something that is happening)

Synonyms

• (to look on passively):

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• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 坐視／坐视 (zuòshì)
• 聽任／听任 (tīngrèn)
• 聽憑／听凭 (tīngpíng)
• 隨／随 (suí)

 

• (to see): 眼見／眼见 (yǎnjiàn)

Adverb

眼看

1. soon; in a moment

Synonyms

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• 即便 (jíbiàn) (literary)
• 即刻 (jíkè)
• 即時／即时 (jíshí) (formal)
• 及時／及时 (jíshí)
• 應時／应时 (yìngshí)
• 當即／当即 (dāngjí)
• 當時／当时 (dàngshí)
• 登即 (dēngjí)
• 登時／登时 (dēngshí)
• 眼見／眼见 (yǎnjiàn)
• 立刻 (lìkè)
• 立即 (lìjí)
• 立時／立时 (lìshí)
• 立馬／立马 (lìmǎ)
• 第一時間／第一时间 (dì-yī shíjiān)
• 隨即／随即 (suíjí)
• 隨手／随手 (suíshǒu)
• 頓時／顿时 (dùnshí)
• 馬上／马上 (mǎshàng)