# 眉頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méitóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mei$^4$ tau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mei$^3$ heu$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): mì-tàu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-thiô / bâi-thâu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: méitóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: méitóu
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^2$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: méi-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meitour
*** Palladius: мэйтоу (mɛjtou)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: mèih tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^4$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mei$^3$ heu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbei²² heu²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mì-tàu
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵³⁻³³ $^{(tʰ-)}$lau⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-thiô
*** Tâi-lô: bî-thiô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bi'tiooi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: bâi-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bai'taau
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bai²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

### Noun

眉頭
* brows (ridge over the eyes)
* (dialectal) forehead

#### Synonyms

* (brows): (dialectal) 眉頭子／眉头子; (Dungan) 眉頭兒／眉头儿; (Hokkien) 目頭／目头
* (forehead):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 額, 顙, 顱 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 前額, 額頭, 額門, 眉宇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 腦門兒, 腦門子, 頁勒蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 額頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 奔兒嘍, 奔兒嘍頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 奔兒嘍, 奔兒嘍頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 腦門兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 額頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 腦門子, 腦門兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 腦門子, 腦門兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 額頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 額拉蓋兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 額楞蓋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 額樓, 額樓頭, 額門蓋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 額頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 腦門子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 囟門頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 額顱 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 額目頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 額頭子, 腦門子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 奔顱, 腦門子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 額顱 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 腦門子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 天門 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 崩樓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 崩樓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi (Xigou) | 奔顱, 天門蓋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi (Changshanzi) | 額頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 額顱 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 額殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 額頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 腦門 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 額頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 額頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 額腦殼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 額頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 額頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 額腦頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 腦殼 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 額, 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 前額 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 白額, 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 前額 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 眉頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 眉頭 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 眉頭 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 眉頭 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 前額 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 額 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 額 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 前額 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 額頭, 天庭 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 額 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 額頭 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 額頭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 天門 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 額角, 額 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 額殼 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 額角 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 額角 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 額門 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 額角, 額門 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 額囟頭 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 額囟頭 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 額囟頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 額門 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 額門 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 額角 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 額門 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 額門頭 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 前額 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 額角 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 額門頭 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Changting | 額角, 額頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 額頭, 額門 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 額門 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 額角 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 額角 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 額早, 額角 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 額頭, 天門 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 額 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 額膛 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 額角, 額 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 額門 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 額門 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 天門 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 額門頭 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 額角 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 額角 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 額堂 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 額頭 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 額頭殼 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 額門頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 花額, 牛頭前 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 崩兒顱, 崩頭, 前崩顱 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 奔頭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 眉靈闊 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 腦門 |
| Jin | Linhe | 崩臚 |
| Jin | Jining | 眉頭, 眉棱骨 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 眉棱骨 |
| Jin | Baotou | 眉頭, 眉棱骨 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 額 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 崩臚 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 額頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 頭囟 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 額頭 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 額頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 額頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 額, 頭額 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 額頭舷 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 頭額頭 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 額頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭額, 天平, 額𩉍, 眉額, 前擴 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頭額, 天平, 前擴 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭額, 天平, 額𩉍, 天額, 前擴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 額𩉍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 額𩉍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 額𩉍 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 頭殼額仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 天平 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 頭額, 額頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 額, 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 額, 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 額頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 額頭 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 額頭 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 額門神, 額面神 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 額頭, 額門神 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 額頭, 額門神 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 額, 額門神 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 前枕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 額頭 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 額 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 額囟, 額門神 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 頭額 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 頭額, 囟額 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 頭額 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 額頭前, 額頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 額頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 額頭前 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 頭案前 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 額頭 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 額頭前 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 額頭前 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 額頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 額前頭, 額頭 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 額頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 額角頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 額骨頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 額角頭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 額角頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 額角頭, 額頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 額骨頭, 額角頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 腦殼頭, 額角頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 額頭, 門前額 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 頭角, 額骨頭, 額角頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 額殼, 額角, 額頭 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 額頭 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 額頭 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 額頭 |

#### Derived terms

* 皺眉頭／皱眉头 (zhòu méitóu)
* 眉頭一皺，計上心來／眉头一皱，计上心来 (méitóu yī zhòu, jì shàng xīn lái)
* 眉頭一縱，計上心來／眉头一纵，计上心来 (méitóu yī zòng, jì shàng xīn lái)
* 眉頭不伸／眉头不伸
* 眉頭不展／眉头不展
* 眉頭眼腦／眉头眼脑
* 眉頭眼額／眉头眼额