舉案齊眉

Chinese

		to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect	(legal) case; incident; record (legal) case; incident; record; file; table	even; neat; identical even; neat; identical; ready; to make even; simultaneously; place name	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (舉案齊眉)		舉	案	齊	眉
simp. (举案齐眉)		举	案	齐	眉
Literally: “to lift the tray to eyebrow level”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔ'ànqíméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄢˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² on³ cai⁴ mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔ'ànqíméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄢˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔ-àncíméi
    • Wade–Giles: chü³-an⁴-chʻi²-mei²
    • Yale: jyǔ-àn-chí-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeuannchyimei
    • Palladius: цзюйаньцимэй (czjujanʹcimɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi² on³ cai⁴ mei⁴
    • Yale: géui on chàih mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey² on³ tsai⁴ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu² on³ cei⁴ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ ɔːn³³ t͡sʰɐi̯²¹ mei̯²¹/

Idiom

舉案齊眉

1. to have mutual respect between husband and wife