眉毛

Chinese

		eyebrow; upper margin	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
simp. and trad. (眉毛)		眉	毛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): méimáo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mi² mao^2-1

(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: méimáo → méimao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - 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 mao^2-1
  - 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.)
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/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mi⁴ mau
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ mau²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mi¹ mau¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mi¹¹ mau¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mi̿-ma̿u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³ mau³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mì-mò̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³⁻³³ mo⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mi-mau
  - MiniDict: mi^去 mau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-mau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² mɔ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: mei² mau²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /me̞i̯¹³ mɒu̯¹³/

Noun

眉毛

eyebrow

Usage notes

In Cantonese, it usually refers to the individual hairs on the eyebrow, not the entire eyebrow itself.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 眉毛 (“eyebrow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		眉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眉毛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	眉毛, 眼眉
	Taiwan	眉毛
	Harbin	眉毛, 眼眉
	Malaysia	眉毛
	Singapore	眉毛
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	眼眉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	眉, 眉毛, 眼眉
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	眼眉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	眉毛
	Wanrong	眉
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	眉
	Xi'an	眉毛, 眉, 眼眉
	Xining	眉毛
	Xuzhou	眉毛
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	眉毛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	眉毛
	Lanzhou	眉毛
	Ürümqi	眉毛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	眉毛
	Wuhan	眉毛
	Guiyang	眉毛
	Guilin	眉毛
	Liuzhou	眼眉毛, 眉毛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	眉毛
	Yangzhou	眉毛
	Hefei	眉毛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼眉, 眼眉毛
	Hong Kong	眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	眼眉毛
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	眉毛
	Macau	眉毛
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	眼眉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	眼眉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	眼眉毛
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	眼眉毛
	Foshan	眼眉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	眼眉
	Foshan (Shunde)	眼眉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	眼眉毛
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	眼眉毛
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	眼眉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	眼眉
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	眼眉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	眼眉
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	眼眉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	眼眉
	Taishan	眉毛
	Kaiping (Chikan)	眼眉
	Enping (Niujiang)	眼眉
	Heshan (Yayao)	眼眉
	Dongguan	眼眉, 眼眉毛
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	眼眉
	Yangjiang	眼眉
	Xinyi	眼眉
	Nanning	眼眉毛
	Wuzhou	眼眉毛
	Yulin	眉毛, 眼眉毛
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	眼眉毛
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	眼眉
Gan	Nanchang	眉毛
	Lichuan	眉毛
	Pingxiang	眉毛
Hakka	Meixian	目眉毛
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	眼眉毛
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	眼毛
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	眼眉毛
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	眼眉毛
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	眉毛
	Changting	目眉毛, 眉毛
	Wuping	目眉毛
	Ninghua	眼眉
	Yudu	眉毛, 眉毛牯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目眉毛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目眉毛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目眉毛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目眉毛
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目眉毛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	目眉
	Hong Kong	眼眉毛
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	眉毛
	Sabah (Longchuan)	目眉毛
	Senai (Huiyang)	眼眉
	Singkawang	目眉毛
Huizhou	Jixi	眉毛
Jin	Taiyuan	眉毛
Jin	Xinzhou	眉毛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	眉毛
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	眉毛
	Fuqing	眉毛
	Matsu	眉毛
Southern Min	Xiamen	目眉, 目眉毛, 目睭毛
	Quanzhou	目眉, 目眉毛
	Jinjiang	目眉, 目眉毛
	Yongchun	目眉
	Zhangzhou	目眉, 目眉毛, 目毛, 目睭毛 with eyelash
	Taipei	目眉
	Kaohsiung	目眉
	Yilan	目眉
	Changhua (Lukang)	目眉
	Taichung	目眉
	Taichung (Wuqi)	目眉
	Tainan	目眉
	Taitung	目眉
	Hsinchu	目眉
	Penghu (Magong)	目眉
	Penang (Hokkien)	目眉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目眉, 目眉毛
	Manila (Hokkien)	目眉
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	眉毛
	Chaozhou	目眉
	Shantou	目眉
	Shantou (Chenghai)	目眉
	Jieyang	目眉
	Haifeng	眉
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	目眉
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	目眉
	Singapore (Teochew)	目眉
	Leizhou	目眉
	Wenchang	眉
	Haikou	目眉, 眉毛
Puxian Min	Putian	目眉毛
Puxian Min	Xianyou	目眉毛
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	眉毛
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉毛
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	眉毛
Wu	Shanghai	眉毛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	眉毛
	Suzhou	眉毛
	Danyang	眉毛
	Hangzhou	眉毛
	Ningbo	眼眉毛
	Wenzhou	眼黧毛
	Jinhua	眉毛
Xiang	Changsha	眉毛
	Loudi	眼眉毛, 眉毛
	Shuangfeng	眉毛
	Quanzhou	眉毛

Derived terms

火燒眉毛 / 火烧眉毛 (huǒshāoméimáo)
火燎眉毛 (huǒliáoméimáo)
眉毛月
眉毛鉗 / 眉毛钳 (méimáoqián)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (眉毛):

→ Japanese: 眉(び)毛(もう) (bimō)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
眉	毛
まゆ Grade: S	け > げ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
まゆ毛

From 眉(まゆ) (mayu, “eyebrow”) + 毛(け) (ke, “hair”). The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Alternative forms

まいげ (maige)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まゆげ [máꜜyùgè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ma̠jɯ̟ɡe̞]

Noun

眉(まゆ)毛(げ) • (mayuge)

eyebrow (hair)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
眉	毛
び Grade: S	もう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びもー [bìmóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bʲimo̞ː]

Noun

眉(び)毛(もう) • (bimō)

synonym of 眉毛 (mayuge, “eyebrow (hair)”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK16-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK8-3] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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