蛾眉

Chinese

		moth	eyebrow; upper margin
simp. and trad. (蛾眉)		蛾	眉
variant forms		娥眉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): éméi

(Zhuyin): ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴ mei⁴
Min Nan (POJ): gô-bâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: éméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ermei
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    峨嵋
    峨眉
    蛾眉
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngo⁴ mei⁴
  - Yale: ngòh mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴ mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴ méi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô-bâi
  - Tâi-lô: gô-bâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goi'baai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /go²⁴⁻²² baɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /go²⁴⁻²² baɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /go¹³⁻²² baɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /go²⁴⁻¹¹ baɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gɤ²³⁻³³ baɪ²³/

Noun

蛾眉

(literary) woman's long and slender eyebrows (resembling the feathery feelers of a moth)
(literary, metonymically) beautiful woman
- 宛轉蛾眉馬前死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  宛转蛾眉马前死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  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.

Derived terms

峨嵋
峨眉 (Éméi)
淡掃蛾眉／淡扫蛾眉
皓齒蛾眉／皓齿蛾眉
自然蛾眉
蛾眉月

蛾眉班
蛾眉皓齒／蛾眉皓齿
蛾眉螓首
蛾眉豆
螓首蛾眉
顰蛾眉／颦蛾眉

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