月眉

Chinese

		moon; month	eyebrow; upper margin
simp. and trad. (月眉)		月	眉

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): goe̍h-bâi / ge̍h-bâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghuêh⁸ bhai⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Hongmaogang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goe̍h-bâi
    • Tâi-lô: gue̍h-bâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goeqbaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bai²³/
    • IPA (Hongmaogang): /ɡue(ʔ)⁵⁻¹ bai¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍h-bâi
    • Tâi-lô: ge̍h-bâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: geqbaai
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /ɡe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bai²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bai²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghuêh⁸ bhai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gue̍h bâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡueʔ⁴⁻² bai⁵⁵/

Noun

月眉

1. (Jinjiang and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) crescent moon

Synonyms

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• 弦月 (xiányuè)
• 月牙 (yuèyá)
• 狼牙月 (lángyáyuè)
• 蛾眉月 (éméiyuè)

Dialectal synonyms of 月牙 (“crescent moon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月牙
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	月牙兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	月牙兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	月牙兒
	Xuzhou	月牙牙, 月牙兒牙兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	月牙子
Jin	Taiyuan	月明牙
	Xinzhou	月牙牙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	眉毛月
Southern Min	Xiamen	月眉仔, 月痕仔
	Quanzhou	月眉仔, 月痕仔
	Jinjiang	月眉
	Zhangzhou	月眉仔, 月痕仔, 月眉意
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	月眉
	Tainan	月眉, 月痕仔 GT, 月眉意 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	月眉仔, 月痕仔
	Jieyang	月痕
Wu	Shanghai	月牙牙
	Hangzhou	月牙頭