chân mày

Vietnamese

Etymology

chân (“foot, leg”) +‎ mày (“eyebrows”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕən˧˧ maj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˧ maj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəŋ˧˧ ma(ː)j˨˩]

Noun

chân mày

1. eyebrows

Usage notes

• It is not clear what the difference between this term and lông mày is, if there is any. There might be a slight difference in speech register, with chân mày being somewhat more colloquial.
• Can be accompanied by cặp (“pair”).

  cặp chân mày ― one's own (set of) eyebrows; both eyebrows