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Jyutping mei4 tau4
Pinyin méi tóu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. brows
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    鼻​樑​上面​、​眉毛​側​跟​嘅​位置
    brows
    • 老師見到疊文就猛皺眉頭。
      老师见到叠文就猛皱眉头。
      lou5 si1 gin3 dou2 daap6 man2 zau6 maang5 zau3 mei4 tau4.
      The teacher keeps frowning when seeing the stack of articles.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    brows (ridge over the eyes)
    (syn.) 眉头子, 眉頭兒, 眉頭子, 眉头儿
  2. noun, dialectal
    forehead
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    老太太皱著眉头。
    老太太皺著眉頭。
    lǎo tài tai zhòu zhù méi tóu 。
    • The old woman knitted her brows.
  2. Mandarin
    汤姆皱著眉头。
    湯姆皺著眉頭。
    tāng mǔ zhòu zhù méi tóu 。
    • Tom frowned.
  3. Mandarin
    他听到那个时,皱起了眉头。
    他聽到那個時,皺起了眉頭。
    tā tīng dào nà ge shí , zhòu qǐ le méi tóu 。
    • On hearing that, he knitted his brow.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    皱起眉头
    皺起眉頭
    zau3 hei2 mei4 tau4
    • to wrinkle one's brow
  2. Cantonese
    佢个头痛到皱晒眉头。
    佢個頭痛到皺晒眉頭。
    keoi5 go3 tau4 tung3 dou3 zau3 saai3 mei4 tau4.
    • The pain of the headache made him furrow his brow.
  3. Cantonese
    老师见到叠文就猛皱眉头。
    老師見到疊文就猛皺眉頭。
    lou5 si1 gin3 dou2 daap6 man2 zau6 maang5 zau3 mei4 tau4.
    • The teacher keeps frowning when seeing the stack of articles.
  4. Cantonese
    眉头眼额
    眉頭眼額
    • facial expressions which show people's mood; literally: brows, eyes and forehead
  5. Cantonese
    识睇人眉头眼额
    識睇人眉頭眼額
    sik1 tai2 jan4 mei4 tau4 ngaan5 ngaak6
    • to be sensitive to the feelings of others; to be good at reading people's thoughts; literally: to know how to watch facial expressions
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    不由得蹙起眉头
    不由得蹙起眉頭
    bù yóu dé cù qǐ méi tóu
    • [he] could not help but knit his brows