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颦

pín

Character Traditional 顰

What 颦 means

1. to scowl
2. to knit the brows

Words starting with 颦

• 颦眉pín méito knit one's brows; to frown

Words containing 颦

• 东施效颦Dōng Shī xiào pínlit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom); fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but…
• 一颦一笑yī pín yī xiàoevery frown and every smile

Characters that look like 颦

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

• 露lùdew; syrup; nectar
• 囊nángsack; purse; pocket (for money)
• 馨xīnfragrant
• 纂zuǎn(literary) to compile; to edit (variant of 纂
• 鬓bìntemples; hair on the temples
• 饕tāo(literary) greedy; gluttonous

Sounds the same

Read pín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 频frequency; frequently; repetitious
• 贫poor; inadequate; deficient
• 嫔imperial concubine
• 玭pearl
• 矉to glare angrily; to open the eyes with anger; variant of 颦, to scowl
• 𬞟clover fern (Marsilea quadrifolia)
• 嚬variant of 颦