眉睫

Chinese

		eyebrow; upper margin	eyelashes
simp. and trad. (眉睫)		眉	睫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méijié

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ zit⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-chiap / bî-chiat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méijié
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méijié
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-chieh²
  - Yale: méi-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meijye
  - Palladius: мэйцзе (mɛjcze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ zit⁶
  - Yale: mèih jiht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ dzit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ jid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ t͡siːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-chiap
  - Tâi-lô: bî-tsiap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biciab
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² t͡siap̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² t͡siap̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-chiat
  - Tâi-lô: bî-tsiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biciad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² t͡siɛt̚³²/

Noun

眉睫

(literary) (as close to the eyes as) the eyebrows and eyelashes
(figurative) right before one's eyes; nearby place; urgency

Derived terms

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