顰眉

See also: 颦眉

Chinese

		knit the brows	eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (顰眉)		顰	眉
simp. (颦眉)		颦	眉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pínméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pínméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pínméi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin²-mei²
    • Yale: pín-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pynmei
    • Palladius: пиньмэй (pinʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁴ mei⁴
    • Yale: pàhn mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ mei̯²¹/

Verb

顰眉

1. (literary) to knit one's brows; to frown