DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

皺眉頭

简皱眉头 · 繁皺眉頭

Mandarin · pinyin zhòu méi tóu

to scowl
to knit the brows

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

皺: Look up this written character
眉: méi · eyebrows; upper margin of book
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
皱: zhòu · wrinkles, creases, folds
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2–2 · zhou4 mei2 tou2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

皺眉頭 · find source passages ↗ · 皱眉头 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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

verb

(verb-object) to knit one's brows

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

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