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

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

(literary) eyebrows that have the shape of a reclining silkworm
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)

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