愁眉

愁眉

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóuméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁴ mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chóuméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chourmei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóuméi
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁴ mei⁴
    • Yale: sàuh mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁴ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁴ méi⁴
    • 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