臥蠶

See also: 臥蚕

Chinese

		to lie; to crouch	silkworm
trad. (臥蠶)		臥	蠶
simp. (卧蚕)		卧	蚕
Literally: “a reclining silkworm”.

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu's (pictured above) eyebrows are described as 臥蠶眉 / 卧蚕眉 (wòcánméi).

Vivian Hsu has prominent under-eye 臥蠶 / 卧蚕 (wòcán).

A baby with under-eye 臥蠶 / 卧蚕 (wòcán).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wòcán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wòcán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wòcán
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴-tsʻan²
    • Yale: wò-tsán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohtsarn
    • Palladius: воцань (vocanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ t͡sʰän³⁵/

Noun

臥蠶

1. (literary) eyebrows that have the shape of a reclining silkworm
2. narrow under-eye bags as a babyface feature, viewed as attractive

Synonyms

• 臥蟬／卧蝉 (wòchán)
• 眼輪／眼轮 (yǎnlún)
• 眼苔 (yǎntái)

Derived terms

• 臥蠶眉 / 卧蚕眉 (wòcánméi)
• 臥蠶眼 / 卧蚕眼 (wòcányǎn)