美眉
Chinese
| beautiful; beauty; America | eyebrow; upper margin | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (美眉) | 美 | 眉 | |
| simp. #(美眉) | 美 | 眉 | |
| alternative forms | MM | ||
| Literally: “beautiful eyebrow”. | |||
Etymology
From Taiwanese Mandarin 妹妹 (měiméi, “younger sister”); whose pronunciation is due to going through a diminutive tonal alternation.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: měiméi
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: měiméi
- Wade–Giles: mei3-mei2
- Yale: měi-méi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeimei
- Palladius: мэймэй (mɛjmɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
美眉
- (slang) cute or good-looking girl