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眉

méi

HSK 5 Character

What 眉 means

1. eyebrow
2. upper margin

Example sentences

• 她眉头紧锁。
  She wrinkled her brows.
• 汤姆皱着眉头。
  Tāngmǔ zhòu zhe méitóu.
  Tom frowned.
• 老太太皱着眉头。
  Lǎotàitai zhòu zhe méitóu.
  The old woman knitted her brows.
• 我讨厌我的眉毛。
  I hate my eyebrows.
• 玛丽有绿色的眉毛。
  Mary has green eyebrows.
• 他听到那个时，皱起了眉头。
  On hearing that, he knitted his brow.

Words starting with 眉

• 眉毛méi maoeyebrow
• 眉头méi tóubrows
• 眉目méi mùgeneral facial appearance; features; arrangement; sequence of ideas; logic (of writing)…
• 眉飞色舞méi fēi sè wǔsmiles of exultation; radiant with delight
• 眉眼méi yǎnbrows and eyes; appearance; looks
• 眉宇méi yǔ(literary) forehead; (literary) countenance; features
• 眉开眼笑méi kāi yǎn xiàobrows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles
• 眉心méi xīn(the space) between the eyebrows
• 眉清目秀méi qīng mù xiùpretty; with delicate features
• 眉梢méi shāotip of brow
• 眉来眼去méi lái yǎn qù(idiom) to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
• 眉尖méi jiāneyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皱; outer tip of an eyebrow
• 眉批méi pīheadnotes; comments or footnotes at top of the page
• 眉月méi yuèwaxing crescent (moon)
• 眉端méi duāntip of the eyebrows; top margin on a page
• 眉笔méi bǐeyebrow pencil (cosmetics)
• 眉县Méi XiànMei County or Meixian, a county in Baoji City 宝鸡市
• 眉角méi jiǎoouter tip of the eyebrow; (facial) expression; (Taiwan) knack
• 眉间méi jiānthe flat area of forehead between the eyebrows; glabella
• 眉黛méi dàieyebrows (with umber black make-up)
• 眉山市Méi shān ShìMeishan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
• 眉心轮méi xīn lúnājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead; also written 眉间轮
• 眉间轮méi jiān lúnājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead
• 眉目传情méi mù chuán qíngto make sheep eyes at; to cast amorous glances at

Words containing 眉

• 皱眉zhòu méito frown; to knit one's brow
• 皱眉头zhòu méi tóuto scowl; to knit the brows
• 愁眉苦脸chóu méi kǔ liǎnto look anxious (idiom); to look miserable
• 画眉huà méito apply makeup to the eyebrows; (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
• 迫在眉睫pò zài méi jiépressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
• 展眉zhǎn méito beam with joy; all smiles
• 挤眉弄眼jǐ méi nòng yǎnto make eyes; to wink
• 峨眉山É méi ShānMount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism
• 峨眉É méi(used in place names, notably 峨眉山
• 须眉xū méiman or men (formal)
• 燃眉之急rán méi zhī jílit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency
• 蹙眉cù méito frown
• 浓眉大眼nóng méi dà yǎnthick eyebrows and big eyes
• 扬眉yáng méito raise eyebrows
• 慈眉善目cí méi shàn mù(idiom) kind-looking; benevolent-looking
• 愁眉不展chóu méi bù zhǎnwith a worried frown
• 扫眉sǎo méito paint the eyebrows
• 书眉shū méiheader; top margin on a page
• 横眉héng méito concentrate one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
• 燃眉rán méito burn one's eyebrows; fig. desperately serious situation
• 美眉měi méi(colloquial) pretty girl
• 赤眉Chì méiRed Eyebrows, rebel group involved in the overthrow of the Xin dynasty 新朝
• 齐眉qí méimutual respect in marriage; abbr. of idiom 举案齐眉
• 有眉目yǒu méi mùto begin to take shape; to be about to materialize

Characters that look like 眉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
• 星xīngstar; heavenly body; satellite
• 肴yáomeat dishes; mixed viands
• 屑xièbits; fragments; crumbs
• 屌diǎopenis; (slang) cool or extraordinary; (Cantonese) to fuck
• 彦yànaccomplished; elegant

Sounds the same

Read méi, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 莓(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
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