愁眉苦臉

Chinese

		knitted brows
trad. (愁眉苦臉)		愁眉	苦臉
simp. (愁眉苦脸)		愁眉	苦脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóuméikǔliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁴ mei⁴ fu² lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóuméikǔliǎn [Phonetic: chóuméikúliǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóuméikǔliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou²-mei²-kʻu³-lien³
    • Yale: chóu-méi-kǔ-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chourmeikuulean
    • Palladius: чоумэйкулянь (čoumɛjkuljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁴ mei⁴ fu² lim⁵
    • Yale: sàuh mèih fú líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁴ mei⁴ fu² lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁴ méi⁴ fu² lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²¹ mei̯²¹ fuː³⁵ liːm¹³/

Idiom

愁眉苦臉

1. with knitted brows and a doleful look; looking distressed

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 牙唁目皺／牙唁目皱
• (Teochew) 眉怨怨