"蛾眉" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ɡo¹³⁻²² bai¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ bai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ɡɤ²³⁻³³ bai²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/, /ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/, /ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/, /ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/, /ɡo¹³⁻²² bai¹³/, /ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ bai²⁴/, /ɡɤ²³⁻³³ bai²³/ Chinese transliterations: éméi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ngo⁴ mei⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], gô-bâi, éméi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], éméi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], o²-mei² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], é-méi [Mandarin, Yale, standard], ermei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], эмэй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], emɛj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], ngòh mèih [Cantonese, Yale], ngo⁴ mei⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ngo⁴ méi⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], gô-bâi [Hokkien, POJ], gô-bâi [Hokkien, Tai-lo], goi'baai [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], nga mij [Middle-Chinese], /*ŋˤaj mr[ə][r]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ŋaːl mril/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 蛾眉
  1. (literary) woman's long and slender eyebrows (resembling the feathery feelers of a moth) Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-蛾眉-zh-noun-Ew-Cxwsn Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. (literary, metonymically) beautiful woman Tags: literary, metonymically
    Sense id: en-蛾眉-zh-noun-kpON9dAZ Categories (other): Chinese metonyms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 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

Alternative forms

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      "word": "淡掃蛾眉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "淡扫蛾眉"
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      "word": "皓齒蛾眉"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "皓齿蛾眉"
    },
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      "word": "自然蛾眉"
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      "roman": "éméiyuè",
      "word": "蛾眉月"
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      "word": "蛾眉班"
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    {
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      "word": "蛾眉皓齒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "蛾眉皓齿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "蛾眉螓首"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "蛾眉豆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "螓首蛾眉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "顰蛾眉"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "english": "The writhing fair maiden, whose long and slender eyebrows resembled the feathery feelers of a moth, died in front of the horses.",
          "ref": "宛轉蛾眉馬前死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "宛转蛾眉马前死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret\nWǎnzhuǎn éméi mǎ qián sǐ. [Pinyin]",
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      "zh-pron": "éméi"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gô-bâi"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "éméi"
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    {
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        "bopomofo",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "éméi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "o²-mei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "é-méi"
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        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "ermei"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "эмэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "emɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngòh mèih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴ méi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gô-bâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gô-bâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi'baai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo¹³⁻²² bai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ bai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɤ²³⁻³³ bai²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nga mij"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋˤaj mr[ə][r]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋaːl mril/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo¹³⁻²² bai¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ bai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɤ²³⁻³³ bai²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ə]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[r]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ŋaːl mril/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蛾眉"
}
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    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Éméi",
      "word": "峨嵋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Éméi",
      "word": "峨眉"
    },
    {
      "word": "淡掃蛾眉"
    },
    {
      "word": "淡扫蛾眉"
    },
    {
      "word": "皓齒蛾眉"
    },
    {
      "word": "皓齿蛾眉"
    },
    {
      "word": "自然蛾眉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "éméiyuè",
      "word": "蛾眉月"
    },
    {
      "word": "蛾眉班"
    },
    {
      "word": "蛾眉皓齒"
    },
    {
      "word": "蛾眉皓齿"
    },
    {
      "word": "蛾眉螓首"
    },
    {
      "word": "蛾眉豆"
    },
    {
      "word": "螓首蛾眉"
    },
    {
      "word": "顰蛾眉"
    },
    {
      "word": "颦蛾眉"
    }
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        "woman's long and slender eyebrows (resembling the feathery feelers of a moth)"
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        "(literary) woman's long and slender eyebrows (resembling the feathery feelers of a moth)"
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          "english": "The writhing fair maiden, whose long and slender eyebrows resembled the feathery feelers of a moth, died in front of the horses.",
          "ref": "宛轉蛾眉馬前死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "宛转蛾眉马前死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret\nWǎnzhuǎn éméi mǎ qián sǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
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        "beautiful woman"
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      "zh-pron": "éméi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gô-bâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "éméi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "éméi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "o²-mei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "é-méi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ermei"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "эмэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "emɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngòh mèih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngo⁴ méi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gô-bâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gô-bâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goi'baai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo¹³⁻²² bai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ bai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɤ²³⁻³³ bai²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nga mij"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋˤaj mr[ə][r]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋaːl mril/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻²² bai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo¹³⁻²² bai¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ bai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɤ²³⁻³³ bai²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ə]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[r]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ŋaːl mril/"
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  ],
  "word": "蛾眉"
}

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