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

• 眉来眼去(眉來眼去) eyes and eyebrows come and go; to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
• 眉开眼笑(眉開眼笑) brows raised in delight, eyes laughing; beaming with joy; all smiles
• 眉角 outer tip of the eyebrow; (facial) expression; knack; trick of the trade
• 皱眉(皺眉) to frown; to knit one's brow
• 掐鼻皱眉(掐鼻皺眉) to pinch the nose and frown
• 眉毛 eyebrow
• 柳叶眉(柳葉眉) long, slender eyebrows like willow leaves
• 红眉松雀(紅眉松雀) crimson-browed finch (Carpodacus subhimachalus)
• 白眉拳 Pak Mei or Bak Mei; White Eyebrow (Chinese Martial Art)
• 淡灰眉岩鹀(淡灰眉岩鵐) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
• 眉宇 forehead; countenance; appearance
• 蓝眉林鸲(藍眉林鴝) Himalayan bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus)
• 喜山红眉朱雀(喜山紅眉朱雀) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
• 燃眉 to burn one's eyebrows; fig. desperately serious situation
• 白眉秧鸡(白眉秧雞) white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea)
• 横眉竖眼(橫眉豎眼) to scowl fiercely; to glare
• 火烧眉毛(火燒眉毛) the fire burns one's eyebrows; desperate situation; extreme emergency
• 红眉朱雀(紅眉朱雀) Chinese beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus davidianus)
• 慈眉善眼 kind brows, pleasant eyes; amiable looking; benign-faced
• 白眉地鸫(白眉地鶇) Siberian thrush (Geokichla sibirica)
• 眉目传情(眉目傳情) to make sheep eyes at; to cast amorous glances at
• 眉目情绪(眉目情緒) a pretty face
• 白眉姬鹟(白眉姬鶲) yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
• 有眉目 to begin to take shape; to be about to materialize
• 慈眉善目 kind brows and pleasant eyes; amiable looking; benign-faced
• 白眉雀鹛(白眉雀鶥) white-browed fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus)
• 柳眉 long, shapely eyebrows
• 眉眼 brows and eyes; appearance; looks; countenance
• 淡眉柳莺(淡眉柳鶯) Hume's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
• 美眉 a pretty girl
• 横眉怒目(橫眉怒目) furrowed brows and blazing eyes; to dart looks of hate at
• 白眉山雀 white-browed tit (Poecile superciliosus)
• 白眉鸫(白眉鶇) eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus)
• 愁眉苦脸(愁眉苦臉) to look anxious; to look miserable
• 眉眼传情(眉眼傳情) to give the eye to; to make eyes at
• 画眉(畫眉) a kind of thrush ; to makeup eyebrows
• 低眉顺眼(低眉順眼) docile; submissive
• 喜山白眉朱雀 Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
• 眉毛钳(眉毛鉗) tweezers
• 齐眉(齊眉) mutual respect in marriage
• 眉黛 eyebrows (with umber black make-up)
• 黄眉姬鹟(黃眉姬鶲) narcissus flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina)
• 白眉林鸲(白眉林鴝) white-browed bush robin (Tarsiger indicus)
• 黑眉长尾山雀(黑眉長尾山雀) black-browed bushtit (Aegithalos bonvaloti)
• 扫眉(掃眉) to paint the eyebrows
• 蹙眉 to frown
• 挤眉弄眼(擠眉弄眼) raise eyebrows and make eyes
• 黄眉林雀(黃眉林雀) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus)

Also contained in

峨眉乡 、 丹眉流 、 眉县

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
• 《眉部》 Méi Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 6
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
• 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
• 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 第二回 Chapter 3 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
• 卷八十　　列傳第六十八:　外戚 Volume 80 Biographies 68: Families of Imperial Consorts History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 4

Collocations

• 眉夀 (眉夀) 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 潘眉 (潘眉) 潘眉則謂蓋左校一部 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十一 皇甫嵩朱儁列傳 Volume 71: Biographies of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun — count: 3
• 介眉 (介眉) 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: 3