愁眉不展

Chinese

		knitted brows
trad. (愁眉不展)		愁眉	不展
simp. #(愁眉不展)		愁眉	不展

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóuméibùzhǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁴ mei⁴ bat¹ zin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóuméibùzhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóuméibùjhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou²-mei²-pu⁴-chan³
    • Yale: chóu-méi-bù-jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chourmeibujaan
    • Palladius: чоумэйбучжань (čoumɛjbučžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁴ mei⁴ bat¹ zin²
    • Yale: sàuh mèih bāt jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁴ mei⁴ bat⁷ dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁴ méi⁴ bed¹ jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²¹ mei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siːn³⁵/

Idiom

愁眉不展

1. to wear a sad or distressed expression