zimai字脈
LookupMandarin · 繁體 · English
Mandarin–English · CC-CEDICTSources ↗
DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

賊眉賊眼

简 贼眉贼眼 · 繁 賊眉賊眼
Mandarin · pinyin zéi méi zéi yǎn

Meanings

  1. see 賊眉鼠眼 zéi méi shǔ yǎn
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

賊
Look up this written character
眉
méi · eyebrows; upper margin of book
眼
yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
贼
zéi · thief, traitor; kill
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Entries containing 賊眉賊眼 ↗Words written with 賊 ↗Words written with 眉 ↗Words written with 眼 ↗Words written with 贼 ↗

Mandarin tones

2–2–2–3 · zei2 mei2 zei2 yan3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links1source reference
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

caak6 mei4 caak6 ngaan5

Cantonese word readings for 賊眉賊眼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

caak6 mei4 caak6 ngaan5

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to look shifty or furtive; to look like a crook

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack