八字眉

Chinese

		the character 八	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (八字眉)		八字	眉
simp. #(八字眉)		八字	眉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāzìméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ zi⁶ mei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-jī-bâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzìméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìhméi
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴-mei²
    • Yale: bā-dz̀-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyhmei
    • Palladius: бацзымэй (baczymɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ zi⁶ mei⁴
    • Yale: baat jih mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzi⁶ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ ji⁶ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ t͡siː²² mei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-jī-bâi
    • Tâi-lô: pat-jī-bâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patjixbaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ zi³³⁻²¹ bai²³/

Noun

八字眉

1. eyebrows that resemble 八 (bā, “eight”) in form

Derived terms

• 倒八字眉 (dàobāzìméi)