眨眼 meaning in English

zhǎyǎn

to blink; to wink

HSK 7-920 strokes

Meaning of 眨眼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhǎyǎn
  1. to blink
  2. to wink
  3. in the twinkling of an eye

眨眼 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ在zài眨zhǎ眼yǎn。
I was blinking.
它tā发fā生shēng在zài一yī眨zhǎ眼yǎn之zhī间jiān。
It happened in the blink of an eye.
消xiāo防fáng员yuán一yī眨zhǎ眼yǎn的de功gōng夫fu就jiù把bǎ火huǒ给gěi灭miè了le。
The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.
我wǒ眨zhǎ眼yǎn回huí应yìng了le他tā。
I winked back.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

眨 zhǎ · to wink · 9 strokes

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眼 yǎn · eye · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 眨眼.

眼睛yǎnjingeye
眼前yǎnqiánbefore one's eyes; now
眼镜yǎnjìngspectacles; eyeglasses
眼泪yǎnlèitear; teardrop
眼里yǎnli
眼光yǎnguānggaze; insight
眼看yǎnkànsoon; in a moment
亲眼qīnyǎnwith one's own eyes; personally
眼神yǎnshénexpression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance
一眼yīyǎna glance; a quick look
眼下yǎnxiànow; at present; (anatomy) subocular
耀眼yàoyǎnto dazzle; dazzling

Questions about 眨眼

What does 眨眼 mean?

眨眼 (zhǎyǎn) means "to blink; to wink".

How do you write 眨眼?

眨眼 is made of 2 characters: 眨 (9 strokes), 眼 (11 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 眨眼 an HSK word?

Yes. 眨眼 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.