眼眶

yǎnkuàng

noun #23,467

Meanings

1 eye socket
2 rim of the eye
3 eye orbit

Characters

eye socket; orbital rim

Examples

HSK 5

听到这个消息，她的眼眶红了。

Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā de yǎnkuàng hóng le.

When she heard the news, the rims of her eyes turned red.

HSK 7-9

他强忍泪水，眼眶湿润了。

Tā qiáng rěn lèishuǐ, yǎnkuàng shīrùn le.

He held back his tears, but his eye sockets grew moist.

Tips

usage

眼眶红了 or 眼眶湿了 is a very common literary way to describe someone on the verge of tears without saying they actually cried. It is frequently used in novels and scripts.

Stroke Order

眼 yǎn

眶 kuàng