EYE PARTS    眼部

PARTS of the EYE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Yái 睚 zì 眥 refer to tissue that holds the eye in place in the "corners of the eye". 2. Kuàng 眶 refers to the bony socket of the eye. 3. Yǎn 眼 can be used to refer to the eyeball as such. 4. Jié 睫 refers to the eyelashes. 5. Jiǎn 瞼 refers to the eyelids. 6. Jìng 睛 is rare and refers to the eyeballs.
Hyponym
  • PUPIL PART of the EYE THROUGH which LIGHT ENTERS THE EYE. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • Not defined  (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME  (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  •   (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 81

  • Words (7 items)

      yǎn OC: ŋɡrɯɯnʔ MC: ŋɣɛn 3 Attributions

    Yǎn 眼 can be used to refer to the eyeball as such.

      Syntactic words
    • neyeball
      jié OC: skleb MC: tsiɛp 3 Attributions

    Jié 睫 refers to the eyelashes.

      Syntactic words
    • neyelashes
      zì OC: dzes MC: dziɛ 0 Attributions

    Yái 睚 zì 眥 refer to tissue that holds the eye in place in the "corners of the eye".

      Syntactic words
    • nthe tissue that holds the eye in the socket
      kuàng OC: khʷaŋ MC: khi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

    Kuàng 眶 refers to the bony socket of the eye.

      Syntactic words
    • nbony eye socket
      yà OC: ŋɡrees MC: ŋɣɛ 0 Attributions

    Yái 睚 zì 眥 refer to tissue that holds the eye in place in the "corners of the eye".

      Syntactic words
    • nrim around the eye
      jīng OC: tseŋ MC: tsiɛŋ 0 Attributions

    Jīng 睛is rare and refers to the eyeballs.

      Syntactic words
      jiǎn OC: kromʔ MC: kiɛm 0 Attributions

    Jiǎn 瞼 refers to the eyelids.

      Syntactic words
    • neyelid