<p>In different city or province people have very different pronunciations, we call it "方言"(dialect),so I don't know the situation in other cities, I'm a beijinger,I can tell how beijingers distinguish these  two words.眼睛 the last word 睛 will be light reading, but 眼镜 the last word 镜 will be normal reading, otherwise,beijingers used to add a "er" pronunce in some specific words ,such as眼镜er,but 眼睛 has no 'er' pronunce.</p>

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2019-04-04T23:53:59.400Z
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user11313772
<p>Can distinguish from its pronunciation, there're four tones in Chinese "PINYIN", the first, the second, the third and the forth. 睛 is the first tone, 镜 is the forth tone. </p>

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2019-04-05T03:18:21.750Z
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Lynn1686
<p><strong>普通话</strong> see e.g.bkrs:</p>

<p>眼睛 <strong>yǎnjing</strong>，<strong>CL:只[zhī],双[shuāng]</strong>
context e.g.擦亮眼睛,眼睛发花,眼睛的错觉,闭上你的眼睛,... </p>

<p>眼镜 <strong>yǎnjìng CL:副[fù]</strong>
context e.g.一副新眼镜,戴眼镜,摘下眼镜,把眼镜忘在家里,眼镜蛇,...</p>

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2019-04-05T00:37:43.100Z
2019-04-05T00:37:43.100Z
user6065
<p>You may have know 眼睛 is eyes, and 眼镜 is glasses. They sound quite similar.
I get confused when listening to someone say "yanjing". I may not know what the speaker refers to, eyes or glasses. How do Chinese people distinguish these two?</p>

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2019-04-04T04:42:57.627Z
Tones and context is needed if speakers with accents.
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Distinguish between 眼睛 (Yǎnjīng) eyes and 眼镜(Yǎnjìng) glasses
# Distinguish between 眼睛 (Yǎnjīng) eyes and 眼镜(Yǎnjìng) glasses

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-04)

You may have know 眼睛 is eyes, and 眼镜 is glasses. They sound quite similar.
I get confused when listening to someone say "yanjing". I may not know what the speaker refers to, eyes or glasses. How do Chinese people distinguish these two?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Tones and context is needed if speakers with accents.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-04-04. Score: 2

In different city or province people have very different pronunciations, we call it "方言"(dialect),so I don't know the situation in other cities, I'm a beijinger,I can tell how beijingers distinguish these two words.眼睛 the last word 睛 will be light reading, but 眼镜 the last word 镜 will be normal reading, otherwise,beijingers used to add a "er" pronunce in some specific words ,such as眼镜er,but 眼睛 has no 'er' pronunce.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-04-05. Score: 2

Can distinguish from its pronunciation, there're four tones in Chinese "PINYIN", the first, the second, the third and the forth. 睛 is the first tone, 镜 is the forth tone.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2019-04-05. Score: 0

**普通话** see e.g.bkrs:

眼睛 **yǎnjing**，**CL:只[zhī],双[shuāng]**
context e.g.擦亮眼睛,眼睛发花,眼睛的错觉,闭上你的眼睛,...

眼镜 **yǎnjìng CL:副[fù]**
context e.g.一副新眼镜,戴眼镜,摘下眼镜,把眼镜忘在家里,眼镜蛇,...


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