髧眉

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Chinese[edit]

		long hair	eyebrow; upper margin
simp. and trad. (髧眉)		髧	眉
alternative forms		髧睸癚昧
Literally: “long and sagging eyebrows”.

Pronunciation[edit]

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tàm-bāi

(Teochew, Peng'im): dam³ bhai⁷

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàm-bāi
  - Tâi-lô: tàm-bāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: darmbai
  - IPA (Singapore): /tam²¹⁻⁴² bai²²/

Note: From Teochew.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dam³ bhai⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàm bāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bai¹¹/

Adjective[edit]

髧眉

(Teochew, Singapore Hokkien, offensive) weak and useless; idiotic

Derived terms[edit]

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