髧眉
Chinese
| long hair | eyebrow; upper margin | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (髧眉) |
髧 | 眉 | |
| alternative forms | 髧睸 癚昧 | ||
| Literally: “long and sagging eyebrows”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàm-bāi
- Tâi-lô: tàm-bāi
- Phofsit Daibuun: darmbai
- IPA (Singapore): /tam²¹⁻⁴² bai²²/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
Note: From Teochew.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dam3 bhai7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàm bāi
- Sinological IPA (key): /tam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bai¹¹/
- (Teochew)
Adjective
髧眉
- (Teochew, Singapore Hokkien, offensive) weak and useless; idiotic