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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


see styles
pín
    pin2
p`in
    pin
 hisomi
    ひそみ
to scowl; to knit the brows
knitted brows; frown
knit the brows

顰眉


颦眉

see styles
pín méi
    pin2 mei2
p`in mei
    pin mei
to knit one's brows; to frown

顰蹙


颦蹙

see styles
pín cù
    pin2 cu4
p`in ts`u
    pin tsu
 hinshuku; hinshuku
    ひんしゅく; ヒンシュク
(n,vs,vi) frowning on; looking on with scorn; showing disapproval
to knit the brows

顰める

see styles
 hisomeru
    ひそめる
    shikameru
    しかめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) to knit (one's eyebrows); (transitive verb) (kana only) to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown

顰め面

see styles
 shikametsura
    しかめつら
frown; scowl; grimace

Variations:
顰み

 hisomi; hin()
    ひそみ; ひん(顰)
knitted brows; frown

顰めっ面

see styles
 shikamettsura
    しかめっつら
frown; scowl; grimace

顰蹙而住

see styles
pín cù ér zhù
    pin2 cu4 er2 zhu4
p`in ts`u erh chu
    pin tsu erh chu
sulks

一顰一笑


一颦一笑

see styles
yī pín yī xiào
    yi1 pin2 yi1 xiao4
i p`in i hsiao
    i pin i hsiao
 ippinisshou; ichibinisshou / ippinissho; ichibinissho
    いっぴんいっしょう; いちびんいっしょう
every frown and every smile
(yoji) one's mood; one's caprice; a smile or a frown

東施效顰


东施效颦

see styles
dōng shī xiào pín
    dong1 shi1 xiao4 pin2
tung shih hsiao p`in
    tung shih hsiao pin
lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom); fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself

遠離顰蹙


远离颦蹙

see styles
yuǎn lí pín cù
    yuan3 li2 pin2 cu4
yüan li p`in ts`u
    yüan li pin tsu
 onri hinshuku
free from knitting the brows

顰蹙を買う

see styles
 hinshukuokau
    ひんしゅくをかう
(exp,v5u) to displease someone; to make someone disgusted; to be frowned at

眉を顰める

see styles
 mayuohisomeru
    まゆをひそめる
    mayuoshikameru
    まゆをしかめる
(exp,v1) to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

顔を顰める

see styles
 kaooshikameru
    かおをしかめる
(exp,v1) to grimace; to frown

Variations:
顰める
嚬める

 hisomeru
    ひそめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) (See 眉をひそめる) to knit (one's eyebrows)

Variations:
顰める
蹙める

 shikameru
    しかめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) (See 顔を顰める,眉を顰める) to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown

Variations:
しかめ面
顰め面

 shikamezura; shikametsura
    しかめづら; しかめつら
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See しかめっ面) frown; scowl; grimace

Variations:
しかめっ面
顰めっ面

 shikamettsura
    しかめっつら
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See しかめ面・しかめづら) frown; scowl; grimace

Variations:
顰める
嚬める(rK)

 hisomeru
    ひそめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) (as 眉をひそめる) (See 眉をひそめる) to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract

Variations:
顰める
蹙める(rK)

 shikameru
    しかめる
(transitive verb) (kana only) (usu. as 顔を〜) (See 顔をしかめる) to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle

Variations:
顔をしかめる
顔を顰める

 kaooshikameru
    かおをしかめる
(exp,v1) to grimace; to frown

Variations:
眉をしかめる
眉を顰める

 mayuoshikameru
    まゆをしかめる
(exp,v1) (misreading of 顰める) (See 眉をひそめる) to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

Variations:
眉をひそめる
眉を顰める

 mayuohisomeru
    まゆをひそめる
(exp,v1) to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

Variations:
顰蹙を買う
ひんしゅくを買う

 hinshukuokau
    ひんしゅくをかう
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust

Variations:
眉を顰める
眉をひそめる
眉をしかめる

 mayuohisomeru(眉omeru, 眉ohisomeru); mayuoshikameru(眉omeru, 眉oshikameru)
    まゆをひそめる(眉を顰める, 眉をひそめる); まゆをしかめる(眉を顰める, 眉をしかめる)
(exp,v1) to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

Variations:
顰みに倣う
顰に倣う
顰みにならう
顰みに習う(iK)

 hisomininarau; hinninarau(ni倣u)
    ひそみにならう; ひんにならう(顰に倣う)
(exp,v5u) (sometimes humble) to imitate ridiculously

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 26 results for "顰" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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