Chinese Conversation · Level 31
90 words
Chinese word
眉毛
Pronunciation
Pinyinméi máo
Meaning
- nouneyebrow
Example
他把眉毛修剪得很整齐。tā bǎ méi máo xiū jiǎn de hěn zhěng qí
He neatly trimmed his eyebrows.
More examples
听到那话，她不由自主地皱起了眉毛。tīng dào nà huà tā bù yóu zì zhǔ dì zhòu qǐ le méi máo
Hearing those words, she involuntarily furrowed her eyebrows.
Core concept
A movable strip of facial hair above the eyes that can signal a person's mood.
Common phrases
修剪眉毛xiū jiǎn méi máo
trim eyebrows
画眉毛huà méi máo
draw eyebrows
浓密的眉毛nóng mì de méi máo
thick eyebrows
Similar words
眉méi: Fine hair growing above the eye and forming the brow.
睫毛jié máo: Short hairs growing along the edge of the eye.
Definition in Chinese
位于眼睛上方、能随面部动作改变形状并传达情绪的面部毛发。wèi yú yǎn jīng shàng fāng néng suí miàn bù dòng zuò gǎi biàn xíng zhuàng bìng chuán dá qíng xù de miàn bù máo fà
Word origin
眉 (méi, "brow") + 毛 (máo, "hair") combines the location with the material to name this facial feature.
Usage tips
- The noun does not change form for one or both brows, so context or a number phrase supplies the count.
Related words
- 眉笔méi bǐeyebrow pencilnoun
- 修眉xiū méitrim eyebrowsverb
- 浓眉nóng méithick-browedadjective