壽眉

壽眉

Chinese

		(long) life	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (壽眉)		壽	眉
simp. (寿眉)		寿	眉
anagram		眉壽／眉寿

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòuméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ mei⁴, sau⁶ mei^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): siū-bâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòuméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòuméi
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-mei²
    • Yale: shòu-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showmei
    • Palladius: шоумэй (šoumɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ mei⁴, sau⁶ mei^4-2
    • Yale: sauh mèih, sauh méi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ mei⁴, sau⁶ mei^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ méi⁴, seo⁶ méi^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² mei̯²¹/, /sɐu̯²² mei̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-bâi
    • Tâi-lô: siū-bâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuxbaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu²²⁻²¹ bai²⁴/

Noun

壽眉

1. shou mei tea, a type of tea from Fujian
2. (Xiamen Min Nan) specially long eyebrows (usually of a middle-aged man)