"峨眉山" meaning in Chinese

See 峨眉山 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋo³⁵ mi² san⁴²/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/, /ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/, /ŋo³⁵ mi² san⁴²/ Chinese transliterations: Éméi Shān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ngo⁴ mei⁴ saan¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ngo⁴ mi san¹ [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], Éméi Shān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], Éméi Shan [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], O²-mei² Shan¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], É-méi Shān [Mandarin, Yale], Ermei Shan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], Эмэй Шань [Mandarin, Palladius], Emɛj Šanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], ngòh mèih sāan [Cantonese, Yale], ngo⁴ mei⁴ saan¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ngo⁴ méi⁴ san¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ngo⁴ mi san¹ [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific] Forms: 峨嵋山
Etymology: 峨眉 derives from the word 蛾眉 (éméi, “the feathery feelers of a moth”), so named because the peaks of Mount Emei do in fact resemble the feelers of a moth (see pictures). The “insect” radical (虫) on the left side of the first character 蛾 (é) was later replaced with the “mountain” radical (山 (shān)). Thus, 蛾 (é) eventually became 峨 (é), so as to denote the mountain. The “mountain” radical can be optionally added to the second character 眉 (méi). Both 峨嵋 (Éméi) and 峨眉 have been used through the centuries. 山 (shān) simply means “mountain”. Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|峨眉}} 峨眉, {{zh-l|蛾眉|the feathery feelers of a moth}} 蛾眉 (éméi, “the feathery feelers of a moth”), {{lang|zh|峨眉}} 峨眉 Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 峨眉山
  1. Mount Emei Categories (place): Mountains
    Sense id: en-峨眉山-zh-name-qXsodO73 Disambiguation of Mountains: 67 33 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37
  2. (～市) Emeishan (a county-level city in Sichuan, China) Categories (place): Cities in Sichuan, Places in China, Places in Sichuan
    Sense id: en-峨眉山-zh-name-GApB2BPn Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
     
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