鬚眉

Chinese

		beard; moustache	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (鬚眉)		鬚	眉
simp. (须眉)		须	眉
alternative forms		須眉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ mei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-bî / si-bî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuméi
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-mei²
    • Yale: syū-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiumei
    • Palladius: сюймэй (sjujmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹ mei⁴
    • Yale: sōu mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bî
    • Tâi-lô: su-bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'bii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ bi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-bî
    • Tâi-lô: si-bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'bii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² bi¹³/

Noun

鬚眉

1. (literally) beard and eyebrows
2. (figurative) men

Antonyms

• 巾幗／巾帼 (jīnguó)

Derived terms

• 不讓鬚眉／不让须眉
• 巾幗不讓鬚眉／巾帼不让须眉 (jīnguóbùràngxūméi)
• 巾幗鬚眉／巾帼须眉