眉來眼去

See also: 眉来眼去

Chinese

		eyebrow; upper margin	to come	eye	to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (眉來眼去)		眉	來	眼	去
simp. (眉来眼去)		眉	来	眼	去

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méiláiyǎnqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ loi⁴ ngaan⁵ heoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méiláiyǎnqù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méiláiyǎncyù
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-lai²-yen³-chʻü⁴
    • Yale: méi-lái-yǎn-chyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meilaiyeanchiuh
    • Palladius: мэйлайяньцюй (mɛjlajjanʹcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ loi⁴ ngaan⁵ heoi³
    • Yale: mèih lòih ngáahn heui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ loi⁴ ngaan⁵ hoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ loi⁴ ngan⁵ hêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹ ŋaːn¹³ hɵy̯³³/

Idiom

眉來眼去

1. to make eyes at each other; to flirt with each other