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

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• 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

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

Derived terms

• 看人眉睫
• 眉睫之內／眉睫之内
• 眉睫之利
• 眉睫之禍／眉睫之祸
• 近在眉睫
• 迫在眉睫 (pòzàiméijié)
• 迫於眉睫／迫于眉睫