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睛

jīng

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 2 Character

What 睛 means

1. eye; eyeball

Example sentences

• 张开眼睛。
  Open your eyes.
• 睁开眼睛。
  Open your eyes.
• 我眼睛疼。
  My eyes hurt.
• 我眼睛在痒。
  Wǒ yǎnjing zài yǎng.
  My eyes feel itchy.
• 请睁开眼睛。
  Open your eyes, please.
• 我的眼睛疼。
  My eyes hurt.

Words containing 睛

• 眼睛yǎn jingeye
• 目不转睛mù bù zhuǎn jīngunable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare
• 定睛dìng jīngto stare at
• 火眼金睛huǒ yǎn jīn jīngpiercing eyes; discerning eyes
• 画龙点睛huà lóng diǎn jīngto paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch…
• 吸睛xī jīngeye-catching
• 点睛diǎn jīngto add the finishing touch (abbr. for 画龙点睛
• 鼓眼睛gǔ yǎn jīngprotruding eyes
• 没长眼睛méi zhǎng yǎn jing(colloquial) are you blind or something?; look where you're going
• 眼不转睛yǎn bù zhuàn jīngwith fixed attention (idiom)
• 点睛之笔diǎn jīng zhī bǐthe brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch…
• 赤睛鱼chì jīng yúrudd
• 擦亮眼睛cā liàng yǎn jīngto keep one's eyes open (idiom); to be on one's guard; to be clear-eyed
• 辣眼睛là yǎn jing(neologism c. 2016) (slang) unpleasant to look at; hard on the eyes
• 眼睛吃冰淇淋yǎn jing chī bīng qí lín(slang; Taiwan) to be checking out the hotties
• 眨眼睛zhǎ yǎn jīngwink
• 眳睛míng jīngunhappy; dissatisfied
• 睁着眼睛说瞎话zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
• 闭塞眼睛捉麻雀bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má quèlit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom); fig. to act blindly
• 不长眼睛bù zhǎng yǎn jingsee 没长眼睛

Characters built on 青

These share the phonetic component 青 (qīng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet
• 晴qíngclear; fine (weather)
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 靖jìng(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress

Characters that look like 睛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 晴qíngclear; fine (weather)
• 暗àndark; to turn dark; secret; hidden
• 睹dǔto observe; to see
• 靖jìng(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
• 犊dúcalf; sacrificial victim
• 暧ài(of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine

Sounds the same

Read jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 京capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)
• 经classics; sacred book; scripture
• 精essence; extract; vitality
• 惊to startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 晶crystal
• 茎stalk; stem
• 兢to be fearful; apprehensive
• 菁leek flower; lush; luxuriant
• 荆chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…
• 泾Jing River
• 鲸whale
• 旌banner; make manifest

Where 睛 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 2 Characters · Set 21 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīng correctly.
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