# 眼色 (yǎnsè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 眼色 (yǎnsè) means “meaningful glance; signal”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: meaningful glance; signal
- Pinyin: yǎnsè (yan3 se4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他悄悄给了我一个眼色，示意我别说话。
  Tā qiāoqiāo gěi le wǒ yī gè yǎnsè, shìyì wǒ bié shuōhuà.
  He quietly gave me a meaningful glance, signaling me to stop talking.

## Characters

- [眼](https://hanziro.com/word/yan-eye/) (yǎn): eye; a look
- [色](https://hanziro.com/word/se-color/) (sè): color; look

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-se-meaningful-glance/

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