粵

眼ngaan5淚leoi6

simp眼泪
ngaan5 leoi6yǎn lèi

English

  1. tear; teardrop
  2. tears

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 淚腺分泌嘅液體,用嚟滋潤眼球或者沖走異物;亦會喺情縮激動嘅時候流出嚟,例如喊或者笑(量詞:滴/行)

Examples

  • 流眼淚

    to shed tears

  • 佢忍住啲眼淚。

    He tried not to cry.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 渠抹走啲眼淚。

    She wiped her tears away.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 做乜成面都係眼淚㗎?你唔開心呀?

    Why is your face covered with tears? Are you sad?

  • 我一路切洋葱,啲眼淚就一路滮出嚟。

    Tears came into my eyes when I was chopping onions.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 喺呢個動盪嘅時候,我哋希望唔好忘記記住我哋係兄弟。如果阻止唔到眼淚落嚟,放手,如果過去唔返嚟,就等佢冇事。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我在流眼淚。

    My eyes are watering.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 我没法忍住我的眼泪。

    I could not keep the tears from my eyes.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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