BLINK 眨
LOOK so as to SHUT AND OPEN one's EYES, OFTEN INVOLUNTARILY.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
Words (6 items)
眴 xuàn OC: qhʷiins MC: hen 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- viactblink
- viactsubject non-human: blinkTW
眴若 shùn ruò MC: sywinH nyae OC: qhʷljins njaɡ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadVwith a blinkTW
眨眼 zhǎ yǎn OC: sproob ŋɡrɯɯnʔ MC: ʈʂɣɛp ŋɣɛn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPt+prep+Nblink at
瞚 shùn MC: sywinH OC: qhljuns 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- viact=瞬 blinkCH
眨 zhǎ OC: sproob MC: ʈʂɣɛp 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- viactrare, but in SHUOWEN XINFU: blinkOccurs in 說文新附 which shows that it is a new term.
- vtoNblink (the eye)
瞬 shùn OC: qhljuns MC: ɕʷin
瞬 shùn OC: qjuns MC: ɕʷin 0 AttributionsWD
The current word is shùn 瞬, and even that word is rarely used in ancient literature. The blinking of the eye was not a favourite subject for discourse in our sources.
- Syntactic words
- viactto wink, to blink