賊眉鼠眼

Chinese

		thief	eyebrow; upper margin	rat; mouse	eye
trad. (賊眉鼠眼)		賊	眉	鼠	眼
simp. (贼眉鼠眼)		贼	眉	鼠	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zéiméishǔyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄟˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caak⁶ mei⁴ syu² ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zéiméishǔyǎn [Phonetic: zéiméishúyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄟˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zéiméishǔyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsei²-mei²-shu³-yen³
    • Yale: dzéi-méi-shǔ-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeirmeishuuyean
    • Palladius: цзэймэйшуянь (czɛjmɛjšujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caak⁶ mei⁴ syu² ngaan⁵
    • Yale: chaahk mèih syú ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak⁹ mei⁴ sy² ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cag⁶ méi⁴ xu² ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːk̚² mei̯²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

賊眉鼠眼

1. to look shifty or furtive; to look like a crook

Synonyms

• 賊眉賊眼／贼眉贼眼 (zéiméizéiyǎn)