眉 méi

1. méi noun eyebrows
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '眉'; Guoyu '眉' n 1; Unihan '眉')
2. méi noun the upper margin
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially, the upper margin of a book (CC-CEDICT '眉'; Guoyu '眉' n 2; Unihan '眉')
3. méi proper noun Mei
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '眉' n 3)

Contained in

• 展眉 to beam with joy; all smiles
• 举案齐眉(舉案齊眉) to lift the tray to eyebrow level; mutual respect in a marriage
• 做眉做眼 to frown
• 白眉赤眼 for no reason
• 横眉(橫眉) to concentrate one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
• 白眉拳 Pak Mei or Bak Mei; White Eyebrow (Chinese Martial Art)
• 愁眉苦脸(愁眉苦臉) to look anxious; to look miserable
• 白眉地鸫(白眉地鶇) Siberian thrush (Geokichla sibirica)
• 眉飞色舞(眉飛色舞) eyebrows rising and face dancing; radiant with delight
• 黄眉林雀(黃眉林雀) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus)
• 红眉朱雀(紅眉朱雀) Chinese beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus davidianus)
• 贼眉鼠眼(賊眉鼠眼) shifty-eyed; crafty-looking
• 横眉竖眼(橫眉豎眼) to scowl fiercely; to glare
• 白眉山雀 white-browed tit (Poecile superciliosus)
• 紫芝眉宇 your appearance (honorific)
• 白眉山鹧鸪(白眉山鷓鴣) white-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica)
• 眉端 tip of the eyebrows; top margin on a page
• 玫红眉朱雀(玫紅眉朱雀) pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa)
• 掐鼻皱眉(掐鼻皺眉) to pinch the nose and frown
• 眉睫 eyebrows and eyelashes; nearby
• 眉黛 eyebrows (with umber black make-up)
• 黑眉拟啄木鸟(黑眉擬啄木鳥) Chinese barbet (Megalaima faber)
• 眉眼 brows and eyes; appearance; looks; countenance
• 浓眉大眼(濃眉大眼) thick eyebrows and big eyes
• 巾帼须眉(巾幗鬚眉) woman with a manly spirit
• 眉头(眉頭) tip of the eyebrow
• 红眉松雀(紅眉松雀) crimson-browed finch (Carpodacus subhimachalus)
• 皱眉头(皺眉頭) to scowl; to knit the brows
• 愁眉不展 with a worried frown
• 白眉雀鹛(白眉雀鶥) white-browed fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus)
• 丢眉弄色(丟眉弄色) to wink at sb
• 画眉(畫眉) a kind of thrush ; to makeup eyebrows
• 燃眉 to burn one's eyebrows; fig. desperately serious situation
• 黑眉蝮蛇 Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds
• 扫眉(掃眉) to paint the eyebrows
• 白眉鹀(白眉鵐) Tristram's bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
• 白眉秧鸡(白眉秧雞) white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea)
• 三道眉草鹀(三道眉草鵐) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
• 书眉(書眉) header; top margin on a page
• 菩萨低眉(菩薩低眉) a bodhisattva with drooping eyebrows; a charitable demeanor
• 白眉朱雀 chinese white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus dubius)
• 横眉立目(橫眉立目) to scowl and stare down; to defy
• 黑眉鸦雀(黑眉鴉雀) pale-billed parrotbill (Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris)
• 蹙眉 to frown
• 眉眼传情(眉眼傳情) to give the eye to; to make eyes at
• 白首齐眉(白首齊眉) (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect
• 眉批 headnotes; comments or footnotes at top of the page
• 眉月 waxing crescent (moon)

Also contained in

赤眉 、 峨眉山 、 峨眉

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 12
• 卷一百一十二 載記第十二 苻洪 苻健 苻生 Volume 112 Records 12: Fu Hong; Fu Jian; Fu Sheng; Fu Xiong; Wang Duo Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 9
• 卷二百二十二中 列傳第一百四十七中 南蠻中 Volume 222b Biographies 147b:Southern Man 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 6
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
• 《眉部》 Méi Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 6
• 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 卷八十九 志第四十二 地理五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Geography 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 卷四百八十九 列傳第二百四十八 外國五 占城 眞臘 蒲甘 邈黎 三佛齊 闍婆南毗 勃泥 注輦 丹眉流 Volume 489 Biographies 248: Foreign States 5 - Champa, Siem Reap, Bagan, Miaoli, Srivijaya, Sheponanpi, Brunei, Chola, Nakhon Si Thammarat History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷二百七十七 列傳第一百六十五 袁繼咸 金聲 丘祖德 沈猶龍 陳子龍 侯峒曾 楊文驄 陳潛夫 沈廷揚 林汝翥 鄭為虹 Volume 277 Biographies 165: Yuan Jixian, Jin Sheng, Qiu Zude, Shen Youlong, Chen Zilong, Hou Dongceng, Yang Wencong, Chen Qianfu, Shen Tingyang, Lin Ruzhu, Zheng Weihong History of Ming 明史 — count: 4

Collocations

• 眉寿 (眉壽) 以介眉壽 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧七月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Qi Yue — count: 22
• 黄眉 (黃眉) 廣平王黃眉 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百一十二 載記第十二 苻洪 苻健 苻生 Volume 112 Records 12: Fu Hong; Fu Jian; Fu Sheng; Fu Xiong; Wang Duo — count: 17
• 俛眉 (俛眉) 而並俛眉猾豎 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷一 本紀第一 武帝上 Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Wu 1 — count: 13
• 俯眉 (俯眉) 將相不俯眉 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 下 Volume 87b: Yang Xiong 2 — count: 7
• 榆眉 (榆眉) 武乘勝至於榆眉 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百一十三 載記第十三 苻堅上 Volume 113 Records 13: Fu Jian Part One — count: 5
• 苻眉 (苻眉) 苻生將苻眉 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八 帝紀第八　孝宗穆帝 哀帝 廢帝海西公 Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Mu; Emperor Ai; Duke of Haixi — count: 5
• 茬眉 (茬眉) 又遣軍主崔孝伯等過淮攻拔虜茬眉戍 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷二十八 列傳第九 崔祖思 劉善明 蘇侃 垣榮祖 Volume 28 Biographies 9: Cui Zusi, Liu Shanming, Su Kan, Yuan Rongzu — count: 4
• 眉州 (眉州) 故城在今眉州隆山縣東也 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一下 光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 4
• 渠眉 (渠眉) 璜之渠眉 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 3
• 愁眉 (愁眉) 作愁眉 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十四 梁統列傳 Volume 34: Biography of Liang Tong — count: 3