眉毛
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Chinese
| eyebrow; upper margin | hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (眉毛) |
眉 | 毛 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mi2 mao2-1
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мимо (mimo, I-II)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mei4 mou4
- Gan (Wiktionary): mi4 mau
- Jin (Wiktionary): mi1 mau1
- Northern Min (KCR): mi̿-ma̿u
- Eastern Min (BUC): mì-mò̤
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6mi-mau
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mei2 mau2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ → ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: méimåo
- Wade–Giles: mei2-mao5
- Yale: méi-mau
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.mau
- Palladius: мэймао (mɛjmao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/ → /meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: mi2 mao2-1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mimao
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi²¹ mau²¹⁻⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мимо (mimo, I-II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi²⁴ mɔ⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei4 mou4
- Yale: mèih mòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei4 mou4
- Guangdong Romanization: méi4 mou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯²¹ mou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: mi4 mau
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi³⁵ mau²/
- (Nanchang)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: mi1 mau1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /mi¹¹ mau¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mi̿-ma̿u
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi³³ mau³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mì-mò̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi⁵³⁻³³ mo⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: mei2 mau2
- Sinological IPA (key): /me̞i̯¹³ mɒu̯¹³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
眉毛
Usage notes
- In Cantonese, it usually refers to the individual hairs on the eyebrow, not the entire eyebrow itself.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 眉 | 毛 |
| まゆ Grade: S |
け > げ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| まゆ毛 |
Alternative forms
- まいげ (maige)
Etymology
From 眉 (mayu, “eyebrow”) + 毛 (ke, “hair”).
The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).