鎖眉

Chinese

		to lock up; to lock	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (鎖眉)		鎖	眉
simp. (锁眉)		锁	眉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so² mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒméi
    • Wade–Giles: so³-mei²
    • Yale: swǒ-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoomei
    • Palladius: сомэй (somɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so² mei⁴
    • Yale: só mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so² mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: so² méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː³⁵ mei̯²¹/

Verb

鎖⫽眉 (verb-object)

1. to knit or furrow the brows
   • 1965, “真的愛你”, in 最緊要好玩, performed by 許冠傑:

     天天都因我鎖著眉 [Cantonese, trad.]
     天天都因我锁著眉 [Cantonese, simp.]

     tin¹ tin¹ dou¹ jan¹ ngo⁵ so² zoek³ mei⁴ [Jyutping]

     always furrowing your brows because of me