美眉

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (美眉)		美	眉
simp. ^#(美眉)		美	眉
alternative forms		MM
Literally: “beautiful eyebrow”.

Etymology

Tone-altered version of 妹妹 (mèimei, “sister”), mimicking the pronunciation in Taiwanese Mandarin or southern-flavoured Mandarin.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měiméi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄟˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měiméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měiméi
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-mei²
  - Yale: měi-méi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeimei
  - Palladius: мэймэй (mɛjmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ meɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

美眉

(slang, informal, originally neologism) cute or good-looking girl

See also

妹妹 (mèimei), 美女 (měinǚ), 靚女／靓女 (liàngnǚ)

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