愁眉

Chinese

		worry about	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (愁眉)		愁	眉
simp. #(愁眉)		愁	眉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóuméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁴ mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóuméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóuméi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou²-mei²
    • Yale: chóu-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chourmei
    • Palladius: чоумэй (čoumɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁴ mei⁴
    • Yale: sàuh mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁴ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁴ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²¹ mei̯²¹/

Noun

愁眉

1. knitted brows

Derived terms

• 寧吃開眉粥，不吃愁眉飯 / 宁吃开眉粥，不吃愁眉饭
• 愁眉不展 (chóuméibùzhǎn)
• 愁眉淚眼 / 愁眉泪眼
• 愁眉苦目
• 愁眉苦眼
• 愁眉苦臉 / 愁眉苦脸 (chóuméikǔliǎn)
• 淚眼愁眉 / 泪眼愁眉
• 蹙額愁眉 / 蹙额愁眉