Chinese symbol for “frown”
皱眉
zhòu méi
Traditional: 皺眉
to frown; to knit one's brow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frown is 皱眉 (zhòu méi), defined as: to frown; to knit one's brow.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “frown”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蹙眉 | cù méi | to frown |
| 做眉做眼 | zuò méi zuò yǎn | to frown |
| 顣 | qī | frown |
| 横眉 (橫眉) | héng méi | to concentrate one's eyebrows; to frown |
| 颦眉 (顰眉) | pín méi | to knit one's brows; to frown |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 皱眉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皱纹 (皺紋) | zhòu wén | wrinkle; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 褶皱 (褶皺) | zhě zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle; (geology) fold |
| 皱眉头 (皺眉頭) | zhòu méi tóu | to scowl; to knit the brows |
| 皱褶 (皺褶) | zhòu zhě | creased; wrinkled |
| 皱巴巴 (皺巴巴) | zhòu bā bā | wrinkled; crumpled |
| 眉毛 | méi mao | eyebrow; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 美眉 | měi méi | (coll.) pretty girl |
| 迫在眉睫 | pò zài méi jié | pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frown”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.