眉清目秀

Chinese

		eyebrow; upper margin	clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title	to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show
simp. and trad. (眉清目秀)		眉	清	目	秀
Intercalation of 眉目 (méimù) and 清秀 (qīngxiù).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méiqīng-mùxiù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄥㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ cing¹ muk⁶ sau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì-chhîn-muk-siu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méiqīng-mùxiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄥㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meichingmuhshiow
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ cing¹ muk⁶ sau³
  - Yale: mèih chīng muhk sau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ tsing¹ muk⁹ sau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ qing¹ mug⁶ seo³
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mʊk̚² sɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì-chhîn-muk-siu
  - Hakka Romanization System: miˇ qin´ mug` xiu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi² qin¹ mug⁵ xiu⁴
  - IPA: /mi¹¹ t͡ɕʰin²⁴ muk̚² ɕi̯u⁵⁵/

Idiom

眉清目秀

good looking; pleasant facial features

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