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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

眉头

méitóu

brows

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

brows

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 眉头 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 眉头 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

她眉头紧锁。tā méi tóu jǐn suǒ。

She wrinkled her brows.

汤姆皱著眉头。tāng mǔ zhòu zhù méi tóu。

Tom frowned.

老太太皱著眉头。lǎo tài tài zhòu zhù méi tóu。

The old woman knitted her brows.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 眉头.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 眉头.

Directly before

  • 皱著眉头2
  • 了眉头1
  • 她眉头1

Directly after

  • 眉头紧锁1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 眉头

What does 眉头 mean in Chinese?

眉头 (méitóu) means brows.

How do you pronounce 眉头?

眉头 is pronounced méitóu.

Is 眉头 an HSK word?

眉头 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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