眈眈

Chinese

		gaze intently	gaze intently
simp. and trad. (眈眈)		眈	眈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāndān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄉㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam¹ daam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāndān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄉㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dandan
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-tan¹
  - Yale: dān-dān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dandan
  - Palladius: даньдань (danʹdanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    單單／单单
    眈眈
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daam¹ daam¹
  - Yale: dāam dāam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam¹ daam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dam¹ dam¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm⁵⁵ taːm⁵⁵/

Adjective

眈眈

(literary, ideophonic) glaring; staring (angrily)

Derived terms

虎視眈眈／虎视眈眈 (hǔshìdāndān)

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