親眼 (can1 ngaan5 | qin1 yan3) : with one's own eyes

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親眼

can1 ngaan5

qin1 yan3

with one's own eyes

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,930,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

親眼 / 亲眼

This word has been viewed 2546 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 28th Jul 2004 08:01 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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親 can1 can3 - parent; relative; intimate; personally
眼 ngaan5 - eye

4 compounds containing this word:

親眼看到 - see with one's own eyes
親眼睇到 - see with one's own eyes; personally witness
親眼看見 - see with one's own eyes; personally witness
親眼睇見 - see with one's own eyes; personally witness

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我嗰陣時親眼見到隻獅子喺動物園嗰度衝咗出嚟粵
With my own eyes, I saw a lion come charging out of the zoo!
[Lit. I that time own-eyes see-arrive [counter] lion at zoo that-place zoom-already out come 出嚟 implies that you're standing outside of the zoo, because the lion's coming towards you 咗 implies the lion's already outside the zoo gate (completed)]

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