眨眼

眨眼 zhǎ yǎn ㄓㄚˇ ㄧㄢˇ zaam2 ngaan5 HSK 7-9

  • to blink
  • to wink
  • in the twinkling of an eye

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 眨 (1 of 2) — stroke by stroke.

Draw each stroke of the character in order using your mouse or finger. A hint appears after three misses.

Character breakdown

Example sentences

  • 我在眨眼。 I was blinking.
  • 它發生在一眨眼之間。 It happened in the blink of an eye.
  • 消防员一眨眼的功夫就把火给灭了。 The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.
  • 女人的思维很有跳跃性:从仰慕到爱慕,从爱慕到结婚都是一眨眼间的事。 A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.
  • 戴維朝安妮眨了眨眼,然後俯身越過桌子,從朵拉的手指間奪過她剛剛輕輕咬了一小口的蛋糕,張大嘴巴,把整塊蛋糕塞了進去。 Davy winked at Anne, and then, leaning over the table, snatched Dora's first piece of cake, from which she had just taken one dainty little bite, out of her very fingers and, opening his mouth to the fullest extent, crammed the whole slice in.

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