眉黛

Chinese

		eyebrow; upper margin	umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
simp. and trad. (眉黛)		眉	黛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méidài

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méidài
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méidài
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-tai⁴
    • Yale: méi-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meiday
    • Palladius: мэйдай (mɛjdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

眉黛

1. (archaic) black pigment used by women in ancient times to paint their eyebrows
2. (archaic) painted eyebrows
3. (archaic) woman; female