眉毛

Chinese
eyebrow; upper margin hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
simp. and trad.
(眉毛)		 眉 毛

Pronunciation

Noun

眉毛

  1. eyebrow

Usage notes
  • In Cantonese, it usually refers to the individual hairs on the eyebrow, not the entire eyebrow itself.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 眉毛 (“eyebrow”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 眉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 眉毛
Mandarin Beijing 眉毛, 眼眉
Taiwan 眉毛
Tianjin 眼眉
Harbin 眉毛, 眼眉
Yantai (Muping) 眼眉
Jinan 眉, 眉毛, 眼眉
Luoyang 眉毛
Wanrong 眉
Wanrong (Ronghe) 眉
Xi'an 眉毛, 眉, 眼眉
Yinchuan 眉毛
Lanzhou 眉毛
Xining 眉毛
Ürümqi 眉毛
Wuhan 眉毛
Chengdu 眉毛
Guiyang 眉毛
Guilin 眉毛
Liuzhou 眼眉毛, 眉毛
Xuzhou 眉毛
Yangzhou 眉毛
Nanjing 眉毛
Hefei 眉毛
Malaysia 眉毛
Singapore 眉毛
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 眉毛
Cantonese Guangzhou 眼眉, 眼眉毛
Hong Kong 眼眉, 眼眉毛
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 眼眉毛
Taishan 眉毛
Dongguan 眼眉, 眼眉毛
Yangjiang 眼眉
Xinyi 眼眉
Nanning 眼眉毛
Wuzhou 眼眉毛
Yulin 眉毛, 眼眉毛
Hepu (Lianzhou) 眼眉毛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 眼眉
Gan Nanchang 眉毛
Lichuan 眉毛
Pingxiang 眉毛
Hakka Meixian 目眉毛
Changting 目眉毛, 眉毛
Wuping 目眉毛
Ninghua 眼眉
Yudu 眉毛, 眉毛牯
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 目眉毛
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 目眉毛
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 目眉毛
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 目眉毛
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 目眉毛
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 目眉
Hong Kong 眼眉毛
Luchuan (Daqiao) 眉毛
Sabah (Longchuan) 目眉毛
Senai (Huiyang) 眼眉
Singkawang 目眉毛
Huizhou Jixi 眉毛
Jin Taiyuan 眉毛
Xinzhou 眉毛
Min Bei Jian'ou 眉毛
Min Dong Fuzhou 眉毛
Fuqing 眉毛
Matsu 眉毛
Min Nan Xiamen 目眉, 目眉毛, 目睭毛
Quanzhou 目眉, 目眉毛
Zhangzhou 目眉, 目眉毛, 目毛, 目睭毛
Taipei 目眉
Kaohsiung 目眉
Yilan 目眉
Changhua (Lukang) 目眉
Taichung 目眉
Taichung (Wuqi) 目眉
Tainan 目眉
Taitung 目眉
Hsinchu 目眉
Penghu (Magong) 目眉
Penang (Hokkien) 目眉
Singapore (Hokkien) 目眉
Manila (Hokkien) 目眉
Pingnan (Shangdu) 眉毛
Chaozhou 目眉
Shantou 目眉
Haifeng 眉
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 目眉
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 目眉
Singapore (Teochew) 目眉
Leizhou 目眉
Wenchang 眉
Haikou 目眉, 眉毛
Puxian Min Putian 目眉毛
Xianyou 目眉毛
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉毛
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 眉毛
Wu Shanghai 眉毛
Shanghai (Chongming) 眉毛
Suzhou 眉毛
Danyang 眉毛
Hangzhou 眉毛
Ningbo 眼眉毛
Wenzhou 眼黧毛
Jinhua 眉毛
Xiang Changsha 眉毛
Loudi 眼眉毛, 眉毛
Shuangfeng 眉毛
Quanzhou 眉毛

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (眉毛):
  • → Japanese: 眉(び)毛(もう) (bimō)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
眉 毛
まゆ
Grade: S		 け > げ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
まゆ毛

Alternative forms
  • まいげ (maige)

Etymology

From 眉 (mayu, “eyebrow”) +‎ 毛 (ke, “hair”).

The ke changes to ge as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ま​ゆげ [máꜜyùgè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠jɯ̟ᵝɡe̞]

Noun

眉(まゆ)毛(げ) • (mayuge) 

  1. (anatomy) eyebrow hair

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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