眉毛

Chinese

		eyebrow; upper margin	hair; pore; fur
simp. and trad. (眉毛)		眉	毛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méimáo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ mou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méimáo → méimao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ → ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.mau
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/ → /meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ mou⁴
  - Yale: mèih mòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ mou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mou̯²¹/

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
Mandarin	Beijing	眉毛、眼眉
	Taiwan	眉毛
	Tianjin	眼眉
	Harbin	眉毛、眼眉
	Jinan	眉、眉毛、眼眉
	Muping	眼眉
	Luoyang	眉毛
	Jiedian	眉
	Ronghe	眉
	Xi'an	眉毛、眉、眼眉
	Xining	眉毛
	Xuzhou	眉毛
	Yinchuan	眉毛
	Lanzhou	眉毛
	Ürümqi	眉毛
	Wuhan	眉毛
	Chengdu	眉毛
	Guiyang	眉毛
	Guilin	眉毛
	Liuzhou	眼眉毛、眉毛
	Yangzhou	眉毛
	Nanjing	眉毛
	Hefei	眉毛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼眉、眼眉毛
	Hong Kong	眼眉、眼眉毛
	Dongguan	眼眉、眼眉毛
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	眼眉毛
	Taishan	眉毛
	Yangjiang	眼眉
	Xinyi	眼眉
	Nanning	眼眉毛
	Wuzhou	眼眉毛
	Yulin	眉毛、眼眉毛
	Hepu	眼眉毛
	Kuala Lumpur	眼眉
Gan	Nanchang	眉毛
	Lichuan	眉毛
	Pingxiang	眉毛
Hakka	Meixian	目眉毛
	Luchuan	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
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	目眉毛
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	目眉毛
	Dongshi (Dabu)	目眉毛
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	目眉毛
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	目眉
	Hong Kong	眼眉毛
	Sabah	目眉毛
	Senai	眼眉
	Singkawang	目眉毛
Huizhou	Jixi	眉毛
Jin	Taiyuan	眉毛
Jin	Xinzhou	眉毛
Min Bei	Jian'ou	眉毛
Min Dong	Fuzhou	眉毛
	Fuqing	眉毛
	Matsu	眉毛
Min Nan	Xiamen	目眉、目眉毛、目睭毛
	Quanzhou	目眉、目眉毛
	Zhangzhou	目眉、目眉毛、目毛
	Taipei	目眉
	Kaohsiung	目眉
	Tainan	目眉
	Taichung	目眉
	Wuqi	目眉
	Hsinchu	目眉
	Taitung	目眉
	Lukang	目眉
	Yilan	目眉
	Magong	目眉
	Penang	目眉
	Singapore	目眉
	Philippines (Manila)	目眉
	Pingnan	眉毛
	Chaozhou	目眉
	Shantou	目眉
	Haifeng	眉
	Johor Bahru	目眉
	Haikou	目眉、眉毛
	Leizhou	目眉
Puxian Min	Putian	目眉毛
Puxian Min	Xianyou	目眉毛
Pinghua	Nanning	眼眉、眼眉毛、眉毛
Pinghua	Guilin	眉毛
Wu	Shanghai	眉毛
	Suzhou	眉毛
	Hangzhou	眉毛
	Wenzhou	眼黧毛
	Chongming	眉毛
	Danyang	眉毛
	Jinhua	眉毛
	Ningbo	眼眉毛
Xiang	Changsha	眉毛
	Shuangfeng	眉毛
	Loudi	眼眉毛、眉毛
	Quanzhou	眉毛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眉	毛
Grade: S	Grade: 2

Noun

眉毛 (hiragana まゆげ, rōmaji mayuge)

eyebrow

Alternative forms

まゆ (mayu)
まゆ毛 (mayuge)

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