ngaan5 jap1 mou4眼挹毛
Jyutpingngaan5 jap1 mou4
Yalengáahn yāp mòuh
Definition
Eyelashes
colloquialbody
How it's used
Pronunciation often varies among speakers, with some preferring to say 眼睫毛 instead of the colloquial 眼挹毛. Both forms are widely understood, but the latter is more distinctly Cantonese in its phonetic evolution. It is common to use the classifier 條 when referring to a single eyelash.
Measure word
tiu4條tìuhExamples
Related words
Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse this with 眼眉, which refers to eyebrows. Remember that the character 睫 or 挹 specifically relates to the eyelashes, while 眉 refers to the brow above the eye.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
