峨眉

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峨眉

Éméi Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
ngo⁴ mei⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
Ngô-mì Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
ngo mi Hakka, Hakka Romanization System, 海陸
Ngô͘-bî Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
Gô-bî Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
Éméi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄜˊ ㄇㄟˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
Éméi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
O²-mei² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
É-méi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
Ermei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
Эмэй Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
ngo⁴ mei⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
ngòh mèih Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
ngo⁴ méi⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
Ngô-mì Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
ngo^ˊ mi^ˇ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
ngo¹ mi² Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
/ŋo²⁴ mi¹¹/ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
/ŋo⁵⁵ mi⁵⁵/ Hakka, IPA, 海陸
Ngô͘-bî Min Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese

Sounds like 峨嵋, 峨眉, 蛾眉

Where it comes from

峨眉衍生自蛾眉 (“飛蛾的羽毛狀觸鬚”)，因峨眉山的山峰確實像飛蛾的觸鬚（見圖片）而得名。第一個蛾字左側的虫偏旁後來被山偏旁取代，因此變成了峨，以表示山。第二個眉字可以選擇加上山偏旁。幾個世紀以來，峨嵋和峨眉都一直在使用。

proper noun 峨嵋

(～山) 漢傳佛教四大名山
(～鄉) 位於臺灣新竹的鄉

In English

Emei rural township

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {峨眉},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%B3%A8%E7%9C%89},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}