小眼睛

xiǎoyǎnjing
noun

Measure Word

小眼睛 shuāng

Meanings

  1. 1 small eyes
  2. 2 narrow eyes

Examples

Tā zhǎng zhe yì shuāng xiǎoyǎnjing, xiào qǐlái tèbié kě'ài.
He has a pair of small eyes, and his smile is especially cute.
Xiǎoyǎnjing de nǚshēng qíshí gèng nàikàn.
Girls with small eyes actually get prettier the more you look.
Huàzhuāng shí xiǎoyǎnjing kěyǐ yòng yǎnxiàn fàngdà.
When doing makeup, small eyes can be enlarged with eyeliner.

Tips

culture
In modern Chinese beauty discourse 小眼睛 is a neutral descriptor, often paired with 单眼皮 (single eyelid). Celebrities like and have built part of their charm around their small eyes — it is no longer treated as a flaw.

Stroke Order

xiǎo
yǎn
jīng