蛾眉
Chinese
| moth | eyebrow; upper margin | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蛾眉) |
蛾 | 眉 | |
| alternative forms | 娥眉 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: éméi
- Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: éméi
- Wade–Giles: o2-mei2
- Yale: é-méi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ermei
- Palladius: эмэй (emɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
- Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngo4 mei4
- Yale: ngòh mèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngo4 mei4
- Guangdong Romanization: ngo4 méi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô-bâi
- Tâi-lô: gô-bâi
- Phofsit Daibuun: goi'baai
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³⁻²² bai¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ bai²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³⁻³³ bai²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: nga mij
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaj mr[ə][r]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl mril/
Noun
蛾眉
- (literary) woman's long and slender eyebrows (resembling the feathery feelers of a moth)
- (literary, metonymic) beautiful woman
- 宛轉蛾眉馬前死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret
- Wǎnzhuǎn éméi mǎ qián sǐ. [Pinyin]
- The writhing fair maiden, whose long and slender eyebrows resembled the feathery feelers of a moth, died in front of the horses.
宛转蛾眉马前死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]