壽眉

Chinese

		(long) life	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (壽眉)		壽	眉
simp. (寿眉)		寿	眉
anagram		眉壽／眉寿

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shòuméi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ mei⁴, sau⁶ mei^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): siū-bâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shòuméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shòuméi
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴-mei²
  - Yale: shòu-méi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showmei
  - Palladius: шоумэй (šoumɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau⁶ mei⁴, sau⁶ mei^4-2
  - Yale: sauh mèih, sauh méi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ mei⁴, sau⁶ mei^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ méi⁴, seo⁶ méi^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² mei̯²¹/, /sɐu̯²² mei̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-bâi
  - Tâi-lô: siū-bâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxbaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu²²⁻²¹ bai²⁴/

Noun

壽眉

shou mei tea, a type of tea from Fujian
(Xiamen Min Nan) specially long eyebrows (usually of a middle-aged man)

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