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眼神

yǎn shén

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

眼神 (yǎn shén) means "expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 眼神 means

1. expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
2. meaningful glance
3. wink
4. eyesight (dialect)

The characters in 眼神

• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole
• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy

Example sentences

• 她的眼神里充满了悲伤。
  Tā de yǎnshén lǐ chōngmǎn le bēishāng.
  Her eyes were full of sadness.
• 她的眼神里充满了悲哀。
  Tā de yǎnshén lǐ chōngmǎn le bēi'āi.
  Her eyes were full of sadness.
• 别用怨恨的眼神看我啦。
  Bié yòng yuànhèn de yǎnshén kàn wǒ lā.
  Stop giving me such a venomous look.
• 她每次看见我都给露出厌恶的眼神。
  Tā měicì kànjiàn wǒ dōu gěi lùchū yànwù de yǎnshén.
  She gives me a nasty look every time she sees me.
• 和别人握手的时候，一定要有眼神接触。
  Hé biéren wòshǒu de shíhou, yīdìng yào yǒu yǎnshén jiēchù.
  When you shake hands with somebody, you must look him in the eye.

Words starting with 眼神

• 眼神不好yǎn shén bù hǎoto have poor eyesight
• 眼神不济yǎn shén bù jìto have poor eyesight

Where 眼神 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yǎn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǎn shén correctly.
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