méi

眉

Character · Noun

eyebrow; page header; surname

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Meanings

3 senses · 15 examples
1.

noun

eyebrow; brow

Refers to the hair growing on the upper edge of the eye socket.

Tā她
yǒu有
yī一
shuāng双
wān弯
wān弯
de的
méi眉
máo毛
 。

She has a pair of curved eyebrows.

Tā他
zhòu皱
qǐ起
le了
méi眉
tóu头
 ,
kàn看
qǐ起
lái来
hěn很
kùn困
huò惑
 。

He frowned, looking very confused.

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Tīng听
dào到
zhè这
ge个
hǎo好
xiāo消
xi息
 ,
tā她
lì立
kè刻
méi眉
kāi开
yǎn眼
xiào笑
 。

Hearing this good news, she immediately broke into a beaming smile.

Zhè这
wèi位
nǚ女
yǎn演
yuán员
huà画
le了
hěn很
nóng浓
de的
méi眉
máo毛
 。

This actress drew very thick eyebrows.

Tā他
de的
méi眉
máo毛
hěn很
dàn淡
 ,
jī几
hū乎
kàn看
bú不
jiàn见
 。

His eyebrows are very light, almost invisible.

2.

noun

page header; top margin of a page

formal

Refers to the blank space at the top of a page in a book or document.

Zhè这
běn本
shū书
de的
shū书
méi眉
shè设
jì计
de得
hěn很
měi美
guān观
 。

The page headers of this book are beautifully designed.

Lǎo老
shī师
zài在
wǒ我
de的
zuò作
wén文
běn本
méi眉
pī批
shàng上
xiě写
le了
hěn很
duō多
píng评
yǔ语
 。

The teacher wrote many comments in the margin of my composition book.

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Gǔ古
jí籍
de的
shū书
méi眉
shàng上
cháng常
yǒu有
pī批
zhù注
hé和
zhù注
shì释
 。

Ancient books often have annotations and comments in the page headers.

Yìn印
shuā刷
chǎng厂
zhèng正
zài在
tiáo调
zhěng整
shū书
méi眉
de的
zì字
tǐ体
dà大
xiǎo小
 。

The printing factory is adjusting the font size of the page headers.

Zhè这
fèn份
wén文
jiàn件
de的
méi眉
pī批
xū需
yào要
yòng用
hóng红
sè色
mò墨
shuǐ水
shū书
xiě写
 。

The margin notes of this document need to be written in red ink.

3.

noun

a surname

Used as a Chinese family name.

Wǒ我
de的
péng朋
yǒu友
xìng姓
Méi眉
 ,
míng名
jiào叫
Méi眉
Xiǎo小
yǔ雨
 。

My friend's surname is Mei, and her given name is Mei Xiaoyu.

Méi眉
xiān先
sheng生
shì是
wǒ我
men们
gōng公
sī司
de的
xīn新
tóng同
shì事
 。

Mr. Mei is a new colleague in our company.

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Zài在
Zhōng中
guó国
 ,
Méi眉
shì是
yī一
ge个
bǐ比
jiào较
shǎo少
jiàn见
de的
xìng姓
shì氏
 。

In China, Mei is a relatively rare surname.

Méi眉
lǎo老
shī师
jiāng将
jiào教
wǒ我
men们
yǔ语
wén文
 。

Teacher Mei will teach us Chinese.

Nǐ你
rèn认
shi识
Méi眉
zhè这
ge个
xìng姓
shì氏
ma吗
 ?

Do you know the surname Mei?