# 眼淚
## Chinese

* 眼淚

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yǎnlèi
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan$^3$ nui$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нянлуй (ni͡anluy, II-I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngaan$^5$ leoi$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngan$^2$ lui$^{5-4}$
* Jin (Wiktionary): nie$^2$ lui$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gán-lūi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngang$^2$ lui$^6$
* Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): $^6$nge-li$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnlèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnlèi
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^3$-lei$^4$
*** Yale: yǎn-lèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanley
*** Palladius: яньлэй (janʹlɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (眼淚兒 / 眼泪儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnlèir
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnlèir
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^3$-lei$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: yǎn-lèir
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanlell
*** Palladius: яньлэйр (janʹlɛjr)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ləɻ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yan$^3$ nui$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ian lui
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛn⁵³ nuei²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нянлуй (ni͡anluy, II-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /niæ̃⁵¹ luei²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngaan$^5$ leoi$^6$
*** Yale: ngáahn leuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan$^5$ loey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngan$^5$ lêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaːn¹³ lɵy̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngan$^2$ lui$^{5-4}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡan⁵⁵ lui³²⁻²¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: nie$^2$ lui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /nie⁵³ luei⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-lūi
*** Tâi-lô: gán-luī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gafnlui
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lui³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngang$^2$ lui$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngáng lŭi
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ lui³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^6$nge-li$_6$
*** MiniDict: nge$^去$ li$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ŋe²³ li¹¹/

### Noun

眼淚
* tear; teardrop
    掉眼淚／掉眼泪 ― diào yǎnlèi ― to cry
    流眼淚／流眼泪 ― liú yǎnlèi ― to tear up
    擦乾眼淚／擦干眼泪 ― cāgān yǎnlèi ― to wipe away tears
    忍住眼淚／忍住眼泪 ― rěnzhù yǎnlèi ― to choke back tears
    流出鱷魚的眼淚／流出鳄鱼的眼泪 ― liú chū èyú de yǎnlèi ― to cry crocodile tears

#### Usage notes

* In some lects, including Cantonese and Nanjing Mandarin, 眼淚／眼泪 (yǎnlèi) is reserved for tears from crying. 眼水 (yǎnshuǐ) is used instead for tears from irritation, laughing, etc.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 淚, 涕 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 眼淚, 淚水, 淚液 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 眼淚兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 眼淚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 眼淚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 眼淚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 眼淚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 眼淚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 眼淚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 眼淚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 眼淚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 眼淚兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 眼淚, 淚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 淚, 眼淚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 眼淚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 淚顆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 眼淚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 眼淚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 眼淚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 眼淚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 眼淚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 眼淚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 眼淚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 眼淚, 眼淚花兒, 眼淚水, 眼流水, 眼睛水兒, 眼睛水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 眼淚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 眼淚水, 眼淚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 眼淚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 眼淚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 眼力水, 眼淚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 眼水 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡, 眼淚水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 眼淚 †, 馬尿 †, 眼水 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 眼淚, 眼淚水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 眼水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 眼水 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 眼水 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 眼淚水 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 眼淚, 眼淚水 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 眼淚, 眼水 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 眼淚水 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 眼淚水 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 眼淚水 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 眼淚, 眼汁 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 眼淚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 眼淚 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 眼淚 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 眼淚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 眼淚 |
| Gan | Jianning | 眼涕 |
| Gan | Taining | 目水 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 目汁, 眼水 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 眼淚 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 眼汁 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 眼汁 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 眼汁 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 眼汁 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 眼水 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 眼汁 |
| Hakka | Changting | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 眼汁 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 眼淚 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 眼泣水 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 眼鼻水 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 目汁 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 眼汁 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 眼水 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 眼汁 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 眼汁 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 目汁 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 眼淚, 眼淚水 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 眼淚, 淚 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 眼淚 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 淚 |
| Jin | Linhe | 眼淚 |
| Jin | Jining | 淚 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 淚蛋蛋 |
| Jin | Baotou | 淚 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 眼淚 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 淚 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 目澤, 目澤水 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 目澤 |
| Northern Min | Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping) | 目澤 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 目澤 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 目澤 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 目澤 |
| Northern Min | Shunchang (Yangdun) | 目澤 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 目澤 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 目澤 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 目澤 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 目滓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 目滓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 目滓 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 目滓 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 目汁 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 目汁 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 目汁 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 目汁 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 目汁, 目睭汁 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 目汁, 目睭汁 |
| Eastern Min | Youxi | 目汁 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 目滓 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 目屎, 目滓 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 目屎, 目滓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 目滓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 目滓 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 目滓 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 目滓 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 目油 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Shunchang (Pushang) | 目屎 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 眼淚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 目汁 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 目汁 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 目滓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 目滓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 目滓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 目滓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 目滓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 目滓 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 目滓 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 目睭屎 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 目汁 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 目汁 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 目汁 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 目珠水 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 目珠水 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 目汁 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 目汁 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 目汁 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 目睭汁 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 目汁 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 眼淚, 眼淚水 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 眼淚 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 眼水 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眼淚水, 眼淚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 眼淚水, 眼淚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 眼淚, 眼淚水 |
| Wu | Danyang | 眼月 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 眼淚水兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 眼淚水, 眼淚 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 眼淚, 眼淚水 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 眼淚 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 眼漏 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 眼淚水, 眼淚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 眼淚 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 眼淚 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 眼淚水 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 眼淚 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 眼淚 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 眼淚水 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 眼淚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 眼淚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 眼淚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 眼淚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 眼淚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 眼淚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 眼淚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 眼淚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 眼淚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 眼淚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 眼淚 |
| Note | † - from crying; ‡ - from irritation | † - from crying; ‡ - from irritation |

#### Derived terms

* 一把鼻涕，一包眼淚 / 一把鼻涕，一包眼泪
* 流眼淚 / 流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi)
* 眼淚往肚子裡流 / 眼泪往肚子里流
* 眼淚汪汪 / 眼泪汪汪
* 眼淚洗面 / 眼泪洗面
* 眼淚花兒 / 眼泪花儿
* 鱷魚的眼淚 / 鳄鱼的眼泪 (èyú de yǎnlèi)
* 鱷魚眼淚 / 鳄鱼眼泪 (èyú yǎnlèi)