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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cù | cu4
English translation
to frown, to knit the brows; distressed

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

grieving

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

戚足

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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穿针引线 chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn shí ,总是 zǒngshì 眯眼 é .

She frowns when she's putting thread into a needle.

Wén dào zhè 令人 lìng rén 作呕 zuò ǒu de 气味 qìwèi ,皱眉 zhòu méi é .

He screwed up his face at the nasty smell.

Fèi dēng shǎng 椅子 yǐzi kān le 看那 kōng zhāo de 灯泡 dēng pào 插座 chāzuò ,惊异 jīng yì de 眉头 méi tóu .

Faber took in the empty light socket with the chair beneath it . He frowned in amazemnt.

jiāng 下巴 xià ba qiáo 高高的, 眼角 yǎn jiǎo 微微 wēi wēi 起来 qǐlai ,落落大方 luò luò dà fāng de 微笑 wēixiào zhāo .

Her chin went up and she smiled, the corners of her eyes crinkling.

几乎 jīhū Néng 感觉 gǎnjué dào zài 电话 diàn huà 那端皱眉 zhòu méi 蹙额

He almost felt her wincing at the other end of the telephone.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to hesitate
蹙眉 cù méi to frown蹙眉 cù méi
穷蹙 qióng cù hard-up窮蹙

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