LOOK SIDEWAYS   

LOOK TOWARDS SIDE NOT MOVING ONE'S HEAD.
Old Chinese Criteria
睨 眄 側視 側目 眄睨 眄睞
Hypernym
  • LOOK　TRY to SEE. (anc: 13/0, child: 13)
  • TRY　ACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING. (anc: 12/0, child: 9)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 308

    • Words (4 items)

    眄  miǎn OC: mbiinʔ MC: men 2 Attributions

    Nì 睨 and miǎn 眄 refers to looking at someone sidewise as a show of demonstrative disrespect.

      Syntactic words
    • nab actglance in all directionsCH
    • vtoNvery rare Qín dialect word: look at askance
    睇  dì OC: liils MC: dei 1 Attribution

    Dì 睇 and lài 睞 are rare words referring to a flirtatious quick glance.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactfamiliar seductive glance
    睞  lài OC: rɯɯs MC: ləi 0 Attributions

    Dì 睇 and lài 睞 are rare words referring to a flirtatious quick glance.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsee??
    睨  nì OC: ŋees MC: ŋei 0 Attributions

    Nì 睨 and miǎn 眄 refers to looking at someone sidewise as a show of demonstrative disrespect.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 顧/LOOK Gù 顧 adds to the notion of looking at something the turning of one's head, or one's attention, from something to what is being looked at. Juàn 眷 is intensitive for gù 顧.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNlook at askance as open gesture of disrespect