睛 (jīng): eyeball
睛 (jīng) is a Chinese character meaning “eyeball.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 目 (semantic) and 青 (phonetic). It ranks #934 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 睛 eye. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).
Definitions
- eyeball
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 睛
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目不转睛phrase | mù bù zhuǎn jīng | unable to take one's eyes off (idiom) |
| 火眼金睛 | huǒ yǎn jīn jīng | piercing eyes |
| 画龙点睛phrase | huà lóng diǎn jīng | to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom) |
| 定睛verb | dìng jīng | to stare at |
| 不长眼睛 | bù zhǎng yǎn jing | see 沒長眼睛|没长眼睛 |
| 没长眼睛 | méi zhǎng yǎn jing | (coll.) are you blind or something? |
| 眼不转睛 | yǎn bù zhuàn jīng | with fixed attention (idiom) |
| 点睛之笔phrase | diǎn jīng zhī bǐ | the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom) |
| 点睛verb | diǎn jīng | to add the finishing touch (abbr. for 畫龍點睛|画龙点睛) |
| 睁着眼睛说瞎话 | zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà | (idiom) to lie through one's teeth |
| 鼓眼睛 | gǔ yǎn jīng | protruding eyes |
| 吸睛verb | xī jīng | eye-catching |
| 擦亮眼睛 | cā liàng yǎn jīng | to keep one's eyes open (idiom) |
| 眼睛吃冰淇淋 | yǎn jing chī bīng qí lín | (slang) (Tw) to be checking out the hotties |
| 辣眼睛verb | là yǎn jing | (neologism c. 2016) (slang) unpleasant to look at |
睛 appears in 20 compound words: 0 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 睛 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
to keep one's eyes open (idiom); to be on one's guard; to be clear-eyed
the finishing touch to a painting; the crucial point that brings the subject to life
something one step away from perfection; to put on the finishing touches
to gaze into each other's eyes; to not take their eyes off of each other
to keep one's eyes open (idiom); to be on one's guard; to be clear-eyed
the finishing touch to a painting; the crucial point that brings the subject to life
to gaze into each other's eyes; to not take their eyes off of each other
Example Sentences
他的眼睛很明亮，看起来很有精神。
Tā de yǎnjing hěn míngliàng, kàn qǐlái hěn yǒu jīngshén.
His eyes are very bright and look very energetic.
萧煌奇PO用餐照“吃鱼顾眼睛” 放火回1句!网惊:双倍地狱哏
xiāo huáng qí P O yòng cān zhào chī yú gù yǎn jīng fàng huǒ huí 1 jù ! wǎng jīng : shuāng bèi dì yù 哏
Xiao Huangqi posts a photo of himself eating, saying, "Eating fish is good for your eyes." Fang Huo replies with one line! Netizens are shocked: "Double the hellish joke!"
揉眼睛很危险!23岁女红痒忍不住 检查惊见变形...
róu yǎn jīng hěn wēi xiǎn ! 2 3 suì nǚ hóng yǎng rěn bù zhù jiǎn chá jīng jiàn biàn xíng . . .
Rubbing your eyes is dangerous! A 23-year-old woman couldn't resist the itch—and was shocked to discover a deformity during an examination...
...?名媛爱马仕收藏大公开 陈雪铃小房子太吸睛
. . . ? míng 媛 ài mǎ 仕 shōu zàng dà gōng kāi chén xuě líng xiǎo fáng zǐ tài xī jīng
...? Socialite's Hermès Collection Revealed: Chen Xueling's Mini House Steals the Show
...娟周续留统一狮应援 新成员培根搞笑反差吸睛
. . . 娟 zhōu xù liú tǒng yī shī yīng yuán xīn chéng yuán péi gēn gǎo xiào fǎn chā xī jīng
... Juan Zhou continues to stay in the United Lion to support the new member Bacon, the funny contrast is eye-catching
...!10公尺高「瑪利歐主燈」聯名任天堂超吸睛
. . . ! gōng chǐ gāo 瑪 lì 歐 zhǔ 燈 聯 míng rèn tiān táng chāo xī jīng
...! A 10-meter-tall "Mario-themed main lantern" collaboration with Nintendo is a real eye-catcher.
你的眼睛为什么那么大？
Nǐ de yǎnjing wèishénme nàme dà?
Why are your eyes so big?
我知道眼睛为什么长在前面吗？
Wǒ zhīdào yǎnjing wèishénme cháng zài qiánmiàn ma?
Do I know why eyes are on the front?
独眼巨人有多少个眼睛？
Dú yǎn jùrén yǒu duōshao gè yǎnjing?
How many eyes had the Cyclops?
人平均一分钟眨几次眼睛？
Rén píngjūn yī fēnzhōng zhǎ jǐcì yǎnjing?
How many times a minute does the average person blink?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 目 (eye) component
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