髧眉

Chinese

		long hair	eyebrow; upper margin
simp. and trad. (髧眉)		髧	眉
alternative forms		髧睸 癚昧
Literally: “long and sagging eyebrows”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tàm-bāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dam³ bhai⁷

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàm-bāi
    • Tâi-lô: tàm-bāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: darmbai
    • IPA (Singapore): /tam²¹⁻⁴² bai²²/

Note: From Teochew.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dam³ bhai⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàm bāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bai¹¹/

Adjective

髧眉

1. (Teochew, Singapore Hokkien, offensive) weak and useless; idiotic

Derived terms

• 髧眉兒／髧眉儿
• 髧眉囝