# 眉毛
## Chinese

* 眉毛

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): méimáo
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mi$^2$ mao$^{2-1}$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мимо (mimo, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^4$ mou$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mi$^4$ mau
* Jin (Wiktionary): mi$^1$ mau$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): mi̿-ma̿u
* Eastern Min (BUC): mì-mò̤
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$mi-mau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mei$^2$ mau$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: méimáo → méimao (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ → ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: méimåo
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^2$-mao$^5$
*** Yale: méi-mau
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.mau
*** Palladius: мэймао (mɛjmao)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/ → /meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: mi$^2$ mao$^{2-1}$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mimao
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²¹ mau²¹⁻⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мимо (mimo, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²⁴ mɔ⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^4$ mou$^4$
*** Yale: mèih mòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^4$ mou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^4$ mou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²¹ mou̯²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: mi$^4$ mau
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³⁵ mau²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mi$^1$ mau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /mi¹¹ mau¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mi̿-ma̿u
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³³ mau³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mì-mò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵³⁻³³ mo⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mi-mau
*** MiniDict: mi$^去$ mau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$mi-mau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² mɔ⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: mei$^2$ mau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /me̞i̯¹³ mɒu̯¹³/

### Noun

眉毛
* eyebrow

#### Usage notes

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

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 眉 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 眉毛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 眉毛, 眼眉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 眉毛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 眉毛, 眼眉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 眉毛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 眉毛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 眼眉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 眉, 眉毛, 眼眉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 眼眉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 眉毛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 眉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 眉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 眉毛, 眉, 眼眉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 眉毛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 眉毛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 眉毛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 眉毛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 眉毛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 眉毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 眉毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 眉毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 眉毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 眉毛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 眼眉毛, 眉毛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 眉毛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 眉毛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 眼眉, 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 眼眉, 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 眼眉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 眉毛, 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 眼眉毛 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 眼眉 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 眉毛 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 眉毛 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 眉毛 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 眼眉毛 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 眼毛 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 眼眉毛 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 眼眉毛 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 眉毛 |
| Hakka | Changting | 目眉毛, 眉毛 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 眼眉 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 眉毛, 眉毛牯 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 目眉 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 眼眉毛 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 眉毛 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 目眉毛 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 眼眉 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 目眉毛 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 眉毛 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 眉毛 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 眉毛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 眉毛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 眉毛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 眉毛 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 眉毛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 目眉, 目眉毛, 目睭毛 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 目眉, 目眉毛 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 目眉, 目眉毛 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 目眉, 目眉毛, 目毛, 目睭毛 with eyelash |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 目眉, 目眉毛 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 眉毛 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 眉 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 目眉 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 眉 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 目眉, 眉毛 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 目眉毛 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 目眉毛 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 眉毛 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 眼眉, 眼眉毛, 眉毛 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Danyang | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 眉毛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 眼眉毛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 眼黧毛 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 眉毛 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 眉毛 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 眼眉毛, 眉毛 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 眉毛 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 眉毛 |

#### Derived terms

* 火燒眉毛／火烧眉毛 (huǒshāoméimáo)
* 火燎眉毛 (huǒliáoméimáo)
* 眉毛月
* 眉毛鉗／眉毛钳 (méimáoqián)

#### Descendants

* → 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 –)
* IPA: [ma̠jɯ̟ɡe̞]

### Noun

眉(まゆ)毛(げ) • (mayuge)
* (anatomy) eyebrow hair

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN