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明眸皓齒, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
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Chinese
Etymology
Coined by Du Fu in his poem, first attested in 757:
明眸皓齒今何在？血污遊魂歸不得！
明眸皓齿今何在？血污游魂归不得！ - From: c. 757, 杜甫,《哀江頭》(Mourning by the Winding River), tr. Wu Juntao (吴钧陶)
- Míngmóuhàochǐ jīn hézài? Xuèwū yóuhún guī bùdé!
- Where are the beaming eyes and the white teeth now, I wonder?
Unable to go home, the bleeding ghost can only wander!
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
明
|
眸
|
皓
|
齒
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| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
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| Initial (聲)
|
明 (4)
|
明 (4)
|
匣 (33)
|
昌 (24)
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| Final (韻)
|
庚 (111)
|
尤 (136)
|
豪 (89)
|
之 (19)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Rising (X)
|
Rising (X)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
|
I
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
武兵切
|
莫浮切
|
胡老切
|
昌里切
|
| Baxter
|
mjaeng
|
mjuw
|
hawX
|
tsyhiX
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/mˠiæŋ/
|
/mɨu/
|
/ɦɑuX/
|
/t͡ɕʰɨX/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/mᵚiaŋ/
|
/miu/
|
/ɦɑuX/
|
/t͡ɕʰɨX/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/miaŋ/
|
/miəu/
|
/ɣɑuX/
|
/t͡ɕʰieX/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/miajŋ/
|
/muw/
|
/ɦawX/
|
/cʰɨX/
|
Li
Rong
|
/miɐŋ/
|
/miu/
|
/ɣɑuX/
|
/t͡ɕʰiəX/
|
Wang
Li
|
/mĭɐŋ/
|
/mĭəu/
|
/ɣɑuX/
|
/t͡ɕʰĭəX/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/mi̯ɐŋ/
|
/mi̯ə̯u/
|
/ɣɑuX/
|
/t͡ɕʰiX/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
míng
|
móu
|
hào
|
chǐ
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
ming4
|
mau4
|
hou6
|
ci2
|
Idiom
明眸皓齒
- to have clear bright eyes and gleaming white teeth (describing a beauty)
薰天意氣連宮掖，明眸皓齒無人惜。
薰天意气连宫掖，明眸皓齿无人惜。 - From: c. 1652, 吳偉業,《圓圓曲》
- Xūntiān yìqì lián gōngyē, míngmóuhàochǐ wúrén xī.
- Her bitterness ascended as high as the skies,
But no one pitied her pearly teeth, her crystal eyes.