Chinese Word: 眄 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

眄Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 目

Pictophonetic:丏 indicates the sound; 目 (eye) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 目 [ mù ] eye; to look, to see; division, topic
- 丏 [ miǎn ] parapet; invisible, hidden

Similar Characters: 眪

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Pinyin: miǎn

English Definition:to ogle at; to squint at

Example Words:

美眄	měi miǎn	captivating glance
顾眄	gù miǎn	to turn one's head and look around
流眄	liú miǎn	to ogle; to glance in a shifty manner
恩眄	ēn miǎn	kind patronage

Pinyin: miàn

English Definition:to look askance at

Chinese Definition:
①斜着眼看：眄视。眄睨。眄伺(窥伺)。

Example Words:

眄眄	miàn miàn	dull-looking; looking askance
眄睐	miàn lài	to cast loving glances
眄睨	miàn nì	to look askance
眄视	miàn shì	to give a sidelong glance

1		zhè 这 jiù shì 就是 wèi shén me 为什么 nán rén 男人 dōu xǐ huān 都喜欢 miǎn 眄 lǐ pà 李帕 mǐ lā 米拉 ān dé sēn 安德森。 That's why men like to ogle Pamela Lee Anderson .
2		yí bàn 一半 de 的 zhì yuàn zhě 志愿者 bèi 被 zhǐ shì 指示 miǎn 眄 zài 在 rǔ fáng 乳房 de 的 fù nǚ 妇女 měi tiān 每天， qí 其 yú 馀 bèi 被 gào zhī 告知 yào 要 bì miǎn 避免 zhè yàng 这样 zuò 做。 Half the volunteers were instructed to ogle at the breasts of women daily, while the rest were told to refrain from doing so.
3		tā 她 de 的 jié chū 杰出 gōng 工 zǐ 籽 miǎn 眄 míng 明， yóu qí 尤其 shì 是 duì 对 nǚ 女 zhōng xué shēng 中学生， rú guǒ 如果 nǐ 你 bǎ 把 biān chéng 编程 zuò wéi 作为 yī gè 一个 jiǎng gù shì 讲故事 de 的 huó dòng 活动， tā men 他们 fēi cháng 非常 yuàn yì 愿意 xué xí 学习 rú hé 如何 xiě 写 jì suàn jī 计算机 ruǎn jiàn 软件。 And she's done wonderful work showing that particularly with middle school girls if you present it as a storytelling activity they're perfectly willing to learn how to write computer software.