蛾眉

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): éméi

(Zhuyin): ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴ mei⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gô-bâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: éméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: éméi
  - Wade–Giles: o²-mei²
  - Yale: é-méi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ermei
  - Palladius: эмэй (emɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    峨嵋
    峨眉
    蛾眉
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngo⁴ mei⁴
  - Yale: ngòh mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴ mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴ méi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô-bâi
  - Tâi-lô: gô-bâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goi'baai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³⁻²² bai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ bai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³⁻³³ bai²³/

Middle Chinese: nga mij

Rime
Character	蛾	眉
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	五何切	武悲切
Baxter	nga	mij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑ/	/mˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑ/	/mᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑ/	/miɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋa/	/mji/
Li Rong	/ŋɑ/	/mji/
Wang Li	/ŋɑ/	/mi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑ/	/mi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	é	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo⁴	mei⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaj mr[ə][r]/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl mril/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蛾	眉
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	é	méi
Middle Chinese	‹ nga ›	‹ mij ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁaj/	/*mr[ə][r]/
English	silkworm moth [Bombyx]	eyebrow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蛾	眉
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	13036	8938
Phonetic component	我	眉
Rime group	歌	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	莪	眉
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːl/	/*mril/
Notes	見荀子，說文下從二蟲

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 (Éméi)
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 (éméiyuè)
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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