眉 (mei4 | mei2) : eyebrows

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眉

mei4

mei2

[1] eyebrows [2] [n] side [3] [n] top margin of a printed page in a book [4] rare Chinese family name

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 目 (#109)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

眉

This word has been viewed 7259 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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皺眉頭 zau3 mei4 tau4 zhou4 mei2 tou2 = to frown

眉筆 mei4 bat1 = eyebrow pencil

眉毛 mei4 mou4 mei2 mao5 = eyebrow

眉頭 mei4 tau4 mei2 tou2 = brows

畫眉 waa6 mei4*2 = thrush

壽眉 sau6 mei4 shou4 mei2 = shoumei tea

蘇眉 sou1 mei4 = hump-headed wrasse

眉心 mei4 sam1 = between the eyebrows

蛾眉月 ngo4 mei4 jyut6*2 e2 mei2 yue4 = crescent moon

水浸眼眉 seoi2 zam3 ngaan5 mei4 = deadly haste

擠眉弄眼 zai1 mei4 lung6 ngaan5 ji3 mei2 nong4 yan3 = to make eyes; to wink

愁眉鎖眼 sau4 mei4 so2 ngaan5 chou2 mei2 suo3 yan3 = with knitted brows and lowered eyes

愁眉苦臉 sau4 mei4 fu2 lim5 chou2 mei2 ku3 lian3 = to frown; to pull a long face; to wear a troubled look

愁眉不展 sau4 mei4 bat1 zin2 chou2 mei2 bu4 zhan3 = with knitted brows

愁眉 sau4 mei4 chou2 mei2 = knitted brows; worried look

眼眉 ngaan5 mei4 = eyebrow 粵

眉來眼去 mei4 loi4 ngaan5 heoi3 = mesmerised; make eyes at each other; flirt with each other

眉鉗 mei4 kim4 = tweezers

眉目傳情 mei4 muk6 cyun4 cing4 = to talk with one's eye (verb)

䁪眉䁪眼 zaam2 mei4 zaam2 ngaan5 = to wink 粵

眼眉毛 ngaan5 mei4 mou4 = eyebrow 粵

巾幗不讓鬚眉 gan1 gwok3 bat1 joeng6 sou1 mei4 jin1 guo2 bu4 rang4 xu1 mei2 = womenfolk (巾幗) not conceding to men (鬚眉)

鬚眉 sou1 mei4 xu1 mei2 = a beard and eyebrows; a man (as a metaphor);

娥眉月 ngo4 mei4 jyut6*2 e2 mei2 yue4 = variant of 蛾眉月

眉月 mei4 jyut6 mei2 yue4 = waxing crescent moon

識睇人眉頭眼額 sik1 tai2 jan4 mei4 tau4 ngaan5 ngaak6 = to be sensitive to the feelings of other people 粵

皺眉 zau3 mei4 zhou4 mei2 = to frown

蛾眉 ngo4 mei4 e2 mei2 = pretty eyebrows

蛾眉曼睩 ngo4 mei4 maan6 luk6 e2 mei2 man4 lu4 = pretty crescent eyebrows (on women) and rolling eyes

睜眉突眼 zang1 mei4 dat6 ngaan5 zheng1 mei2 tu1 [PRC] / tu2 [TW]yan3 = to glare at; look at indignantly with eyes wide open 粵

喜上眉梢 hei2 seung5 mei4 saau1 xi3 shang4 mei2 shao1 = to shine with joy

剃眼眉 tai3 ngaan5 mei4 ti4 yan3 mei2 = bring humiliation upon sb 粵

峨眉山 ngo4 mei4 saan1 e2 mei2 shan1 = Emeishan

眉目 mei4 muk6 mei2 mu5/4 = prospect; features; sequence

峨眉鄉 ngo4 mei4 hoeng1 e2 mei2 xiang1 = Emei (village in Taiwan)

白眉拳 baak6 mei4 kyun4 bai2 mei2 quan2 = pak mei Kung fu , a traditional southern Kung fu style

白眉道人 baak6 mei4 dou6 jan4 bai2 mei2 dao4 ren2 = the taoist monk pak mei ; bai mei ; white eyebrows

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+7709 (off-site link)

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