眼 (yǎn) means Eye. Below are 24 of the 60 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他戴着一副 眼 镜。
Tā dài zhe yí fù yǎnjìng.
He is wearing a pair of glasses.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 戴
困得睁不开 眼 了。
Kùn de zhēng bu kāi yǎn le.
I am so sleepy I cannot keep my eyes open.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 睁
他戴着一副新 眼 镜。
Tā dài zhe yí fù xīn yǎnjìng.
He is wearing a new pair of glasses.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 眼镜
他慢慢睁开了 眼 睛。
Tā mànmàn zhēng kāi le yǎnjing.
He slowly opened his eyes.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 睁
眼 前是辽阔的大海。
Yǎnqián shì liáokuò de dàhǎi.
Before us stretched the vast sea.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辽阔
眼 前是茫茫的大海。
Yǎnqián shì mángmáng de dàhǎi.
Before us was the boundless sea.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 茫茫
这个人心 眼 儿很好。
Zhège rén xīnyǎnr hěn hǎo.
This person is very good-hearted.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 心眼儿
他看人的 眼 光很准。
Tā kàn rén de yǎnguāng hěn zhǔn.
He is a very good judge of people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 眼光
他给我使了个 眼 色。
Tā gěi wǒ shǐ le ge yǎnsè.
He gave me a meaningful look.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 眼色
这孩子很会看 眼 色。
Zhè háizi hěn huì kàn yǎnsè.
This child is good at reading the mood.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 眼色
看书的时候 眼 睛会累。
Kàn shū de shíhou yǎnjing huì lèi.
Your eyes get tired when you read.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 眼睛
她有一双美丽的 眼 睛。
Tā yǒu yì shuāng měilì de yǎnjing.
She has a pair of beautiful eyes.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 美丽
他感激地看了我一 眼 。
Tā gǎnjī de kàn le wǒ yì yǎn.
He gave me a grateful look.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 感激
他生气地瞪了我一 眼 。
Tā shēngqì de dèng le wǒ yì yǎn.
He glared at me angrily.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 瞪
她戴着一副黑框 眼 镜。
Tā dàizhe yí fù hēi kuàng yǎnjìng.
She wears a pair of black-framed glasses.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 副
灯塔射出耀 眼 的光芒。
Dēngtǎ shè chū yàoyǎn de guāngmáng.
The lighthouse threw out a dazzling beam.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 光芒
她的 眼 神里透着绝望。
Tā de yǎnshén lǐ tòuzhe jué wàng.
Despair showed in her eyes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 绝望
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From the graded readers
那一刻，我的 眼 睛忽然湿了。
nà / nèi yīkè, wǒ de(possessive) yǎnjīng hūrán shī le / liǎo / liào.
In that moment my eyes suddenly stung.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
她今年八十三岁了， 眼 睛不太好。
tā jīnnián bāshí sān suì le / liǎo / liào, yǎnjīng bù tài hǎo / hào.
She's eighty-three this year and her eyes aren't good.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
眼 appears in 60 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 眼
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 眼
How is 眼 used in a sentence?
This page shows 60 sentences using 眼 (yǎn, "Eye"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 眼 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 眼 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 眼?
The dictionary page for 眼 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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