鎖眉

Chinese

		to lock up; to lock	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (鎖眉)		鎖	眉
simp. (锁眉)		锁	眉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suǒméi

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so² mei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suǒméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suǒméi
  - Wade–Giles: so³-mei²
  - Yale: swǒ-méi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoomei
  - Palladius: сомэй (somɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: so² mei⁴
  - Yale: só mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so² mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: so² méi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː³⁵ mei̯²¹/

Verb

鎖⫽眉 (verb-object)

to knit or furrow the brows
- 1965, “真的愛你”, in 最緊要好玩, performed by 許冠傑:
  
  天天都因我鎖著眉 [Cantonese, trad.]
  天天都因我锁著眉 [Cantonese, simp.]
  tin¹ tin¹ dou¹ jan¹ ngo⁵ so² zoek³ mei⁴ [Jyutping]
  always furrowing your brows because of me

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