美眉
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[edit]beautiful; beauty; America | eyebrow; upper margin | ||
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trad. (美眉) | 美 | 眉 | |
simp. #(美眉) | 美 | 眉 | |
alternative forms | MM | ||
Literally: “beautiful eyebrow”. |
Etymology
[edit]Tone-altered version of 妹妹 (mèimei, “sister”), mimicking the pronunciation in Taiwanese Mandarin or southern-flavoured Mandarin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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
[edit]美眉
- (slang, informal, originally neologism) cute or good-looking girl