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
Antonym
  • SMILELAUGH SLIGHTLY AND SILENTLY, NOT SHOWING TEETH.
    Hypernym
    • PRODUCEACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE something to BEGIN to EXIST.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
          • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
    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 ／

      Attributions by syntactic funtion

      • vi : 2
      • vadN : 2
      • nab : 2
      • VPi : 1
      • vtoN : 1

      Attributions by text

      • 莊子 : 3
      • 孟子 : 3
      • 韓非子 : 2

      Words

      蹙  cù OC: sklɯwɡ MC: tsuk 4 AttributionsWD

      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 AttributionsWD

      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
      矉  bīn MC: -- OC: pinCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • viactfrownCH
      蒿目  hāo mù MC: xaw mjuwk OC: qhoow muɡCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPiknit one's brows; lower one's eyebrowsCH

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