chân mày

Vietnamese

Etymology

chân (“foot, leg”) +‎ mày (“eyebrows”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕən˧˧ maj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˧ maj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəŋ˧˧ ma(ː)j˨˩]

Noun

chân mày

  1. eyebrows

Usage notes

  • It is not clear what the difference between this term and lông mày is, if there is any. There might be a slight difference in speech register, with chân mày being somewhat more colloquial.
  • Can be accompanied by cặp (“pair”).
    cặp chân mày ― one's own (set of) eyebrows; both eyebrows
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