白眉

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	eyebrow; upper margin
simp. and trad. (白眉)		白	眉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báiméi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báiméi
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-mei²
  - Yale: bái-méi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmei
  - Palladius: баймэй (bajmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

白眉

(literary) most excellent

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	眉
はく Grade: 1	び Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Literary Chinese 白眉 (báiméi).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくび [háꜜkùbì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟bʲi]

Noun

白(はく)眉(び) • (hakubi) ^{←はくび (fakubi)^?}

(literary) most excellent

References

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