FROWN    皺眉顰

PRODUCE WRINKLES ON one's FOREHEAD AS A REACTION TO SOMETHING ONE has become AWARE of.
SCOWLGLOWERGLARELOWERMAKE A FACELOOK DAGGERSGIVE SOMEONE A BLACK LOOKKNIT/FURROW ONE'S BROWSINFORMAL GIVE SOMEONE A DIRTY LOOK
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Perhaps the most current word referring to all manner of frowning-like behaviour is pīn 顰 / 嚬. 2. Cù 蹙 refers specifically to the wrinkling of the nose. NB: Zhòu 皺 refers specifically to the wrinkling of the forehead, but this usage is post-Han (TANG).
Modern Chinese Criteria
皺眉 蹙眉 顰 顰蹙 攢眉 鎖眉 雙眉深鎖 愁眉不展 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • SMILELAUGH SLIGHTLY AND SILENTLY, NOT SHOWING TEETH.
Hypernym
  • PRODUCE　ACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE something to BEGIN to EXIST. (anc: 12/0, child: 17)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)

Words (4 items)

蹙  cù OC: sklɯwɡ MC: tsuk 4 Attributions

Cù 蹙 refers specifically to the wrinkling of the nose.

    Syntactic words
  • nabacta frown
  • vadNknitted (as of eyebrows)
  • vtoNturn up (one's nose); German: (die Nase) rümpfen
顰  pín OC: bin MC: bin
嚬  pín OC: bin MC: bin
顰嚬矉  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 2 Attributions

Perhaps the most current word referring to all manner of frowning-like behaviour is pín 顰/嚬.

    Word relations
  • Ant: 笑/LAUGH The clearly predominant word for smiling and laughing is xiào 笑 which refers to any laughter, loud or quiet, kind or unkind.

    Syntactic words
  • nabactthe frown
  • viactknit one's eyebrows, frown
蒿目  hāo mù MC: xaw mjuwk OC: qhoow muɡ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPiknit one's brows; lower one's eyebrowsCH
矉  bīn MC: -- OC: pin 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • viactfrownCH