How to pronounce yan jing (眼睛) in Chinese
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眼睛
yǎn jing
Characters & meanings
eye
eyeball (in 眼睛)
Common mistake
Low + neutral (3-0) — and the tone is contrastive: yǎnjing (neutral jing) means "eyes", while yǎnjìng (full falling jìng, 眼镜) means "glasses".
Tone change in this word
睛 is neutral in 眼睛; give it a full falling tone and you've said 眼镜 (glasses) instead.
Example sentence
她的眼睛很大。
Tā de yǎnjing hěn dà.
Her eyes are big.
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