chân mày
Vietnamese
Etymology
chân (“foot, leg”) + mày (“eyebrows”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕən˧˧ maj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˧ maj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cəŋ˧˧ ma(ː)j˨˩]
Noun
chân mày
- 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