chân mày

Vietnamese

Etymology

chân (“foot, leg”) +‎ mày (“eyebrows”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕən˧˧ maj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˧ maj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəŋ˧˧ ma(ː)j˨˩]

Noun

eyebrows

Usage notes

It is not clear what the difference between this term and lông mày is, if there is any. There might be a slight difference in speech register, with chân mày being somewhat more colloquial.
Can be accompanied by cặp (“pair”).
cặp chân mày ― one's own (set of) eyebrows; both eyebrows

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