# 眼光
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǎnguāng
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan$^5$ gwong$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngién-kông / ngián-kông
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gán-kong
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngang$^2$ guang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$nge-kuaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnguāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnguang
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^3$-kuang$^1$
*** Yale: yǎn-gwāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanguang
*** Palladius: яньгуан (janʹguan)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnguāngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnguangr
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^3$-kuang$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: yǎn-gwāngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanguangl
*** Palladius: яньгуанр (janʹguanr)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngaan$^5$ gwong$^1$
*** Yale: ngáahn gwōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan$^5$ gwong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngan$^5$ guong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaːn¹³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngién-kông
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngien$^ˋ$ gong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^3$ gong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en³¹ koŋ²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián-kông
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngian$^ˋ$ gong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^3$ gong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an³¹ koŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-kong
*** Tâi-lô: gán-kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gafnkofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngang$^2$ guang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngáng kuang
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$nge-kuaon
*** MiniDict: nge$^去$ kuaon
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nge-kuaan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋe²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

### Noun

眼光
* eyes; gaze
    眾人的眼光／众人的眼光 ― zhòngrén de yǎnguāng ― all eyes; public gaze
* insight; vision
    審美眼光／审美眼光 ― shěnměi yǎnguāng ― eye for beauty
    市場眼光／市场眼光 ― shìchǎng yǎnguāng ― market insight
    眼光遠大／眼光远大 ― yǎnguāng yuǎndà ― to be farsighted; to be foresighted
    你眼光不錯嘛。／你眼光不错嘛。 ― Nǐ yǎnguāng bùcuò ma. ― You have good taste.
* view; perspective
    歷史的眼光／历史的眼光 ― lìshǐ de yǎnguāng ― historical perspective

#### Synonyms

* (eyes):
* 目光 (mùguāng)
* 眼火 ($^6$nge-hu) (Wu)
* 視域 / 视域 (shìyù)
* 視界 / 视界 (shìjiè)
* 視線 / 视线 (shìxiàn)
* 視野 / 视野 (shìyě)
* 視閾 / 视阈 (shìyù) (literary)
* (insight):
* 慧眼 (huìyǎn)
* 目光 (mùguāng)
* 目力 (mùlì) (literary)
* 目潲 (Hokkien, vulgar)
* 目識 / 目识 (Singapore Hokkien)
* 目頭 / 目头 (Hokkien)
* 眼力 (yǎnlì)
* 眼孔 (yǎnkǒng)
* 眼水 (ngaan$^5$ seoi$^2$) (Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin)
* 眼界 (yǎnjiè)
* 觀察力 / 观察力 (guānchálì)
* 識別力 / 识别力 (shíbiélì)
* 鑒賞力 / 鉴赏力 (jiànshǎnglì)
* (view):
* 主張 / 主张 (zhǔzhāng)
* 倡議 / 倡议 (chàngyì)
* 建議 / 建议 (jiànyì)
* 意下 (yìxià) (literary)
* 意思
* 想法
* 意見 / 意见 (yìjiàn)
* 提議 / 提议 (tíyì)
* 看法 (kànfǎ)
* 看點 / 看点 (kàndiǎn)
* 睇法 (tai$^2$ faat$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 視角 / 视角 (shìjiǎo)
* 見地 / 见地 (jiàndì)
* 見解 / 见解 (jiànjiě)
* 觀點 / 观点 (guāndiǎn)
* 角度 (jiǎodù)
* 諗法 / 谂法 (nam$^2$ faat$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 議 / 议 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)

#### Derived terms

* 不夠眼光 / 不够眼光
* 有眼光
* 眼光短淺 / 眼光短浅
* 眼光菩薩 / 眼光菩萨

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 眼 | 光 |
| がん Grade: 5 | こう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) がんこー [gàńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɡã̠ŋko̞ː]

#### Noun

眼(がん)光(こう) • (gankō)
* sparkles in eyes
* a gaze (a fixed look)
** 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)60(ろくじゅう)話(わ)　少(しょう)女(じょ)の決(けつ)意(い) [Chapter 60: A Girl’s Resolve]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 26:
    地(ち)上(じょう)で出(で)会(あ)った時(とき)とは見(み)違(ちが)える眼(がん)光(こう)…若(わか)き日(ひ)の華(カ)泰(シン)に似(に)ている……
       Chijō de deatta toki to wa michigaeru gankō… wakakihi no Kashin ni niteiru……
       That gaze… looks almost like Kashin’s when I first met him as a youth underground……

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 眼 | 光 |
| まなざし ||
| Grade: 5 | Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 眼光 – see the following entry. :
| 【まなざし】 | [noun] a gaze, look Alternative spellings 眼差し, 眼差, 目指し, 目指, 眼眸 |
(This term, 眼光, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :