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

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

with knitted brows and a doleful look; looking distressed

Synonyms

(Hakka) 牙唁目皺／牙唁目皱
(Teochew) 眉怨怨

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