# 峨眉
## Chinese

* 峨眉山 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Gô-bî-hiong (Southern Min)
* Mount Emei (English)

### Etymology

峨眉 derives from the word 蛾眉 (“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 was later replaced with the "mountain" radical (山). Thus, 蛾 eventually became 峨, so as to denote the mountain. Occasionally, the radical is placed on top: 峩. The "mountain" radical can be optionally added to the second character 眉. Both 峨嵋 and 峨眉 have been used through the centuries.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Éméi
    (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo$^4$ mei$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ngô-mì
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ngô͘-bî / Gô-bî
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Éméi
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Éméi
*** Wade–Giles: O$^2$-mei$^2$
*** Yale: É-méi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ermei
*** Palladius: Эмэй (Emɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngo$^4$ mei$^4$
*** Yale: ngòh mèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngo$^4$ mei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngo$^4$ méi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ngô-mì
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngo$^ˊ$ mi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngo$^1$ mi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋo²⁴ mi¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô͘-bî
*** Tâi-lô: Ngôo-bî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngo'bii
*** IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ bi²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³⁻³³ bi²³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô-bî
*** Tâi-lô: Gô-bî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goi'bii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³⁻³³ bi²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ bi²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: nga mij
Rime :
| Character | 峨 | 眉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 五何切 | 武悲切 |
| Baxter | nga | mij |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɑ/ | /mˠiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋɑ/ | /mᵚi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɑ/ | /miɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋa/ | /mji/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋɑ/ | /mji/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋɑ/ | /mi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋɑ/ | /mi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | é | mí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngo$^4$ | mei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl mril/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 眉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | méi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mij › |
| Old Chinese | /*mr[ə][r]/ |
| English | eyebrow |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 峨 | 眉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 13032 | 8938 |
| Phonetic component | 我 | 眉 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 莪 | 眉 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋaːl/ | /*mril/ |

### Proper noun

峨眉
* (～山) Mount Emei
* (～鄉) Emei (a rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)
* (～縣) (historical) Emei (a historical county of China; now Emeishan City, Sichuan)