Definition

Verb: - To frown; to knit one's brows: To contract the muscles of the forehead and bring the eyebrows closer together, typically expressing worry, displeasure, deep thought, or concentration.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy chau mày khi đọc tin tức. (She frowned when she read the news.)
  • Anh ấy chau mày suy nghĩ về vấn đề khó. (He knitted his brows, thinking about the difficult problem.)
  • Đừng chau mày như vậy, mọi chuyện sẽ ổn thôi. (Don't frown like that; everything will be fine.)

Advanced Usage

• "chau mày lại": to frown (emphasizing the action).
  • Nghe xong câu chuyện, anh ta chau mày lại. (After hearing the story, he frowned.)
• "chau mày tức giận": to frown in anger.
  • Cậu bé chau mày tức giận khi đồ chơi bị hỏng. (The boy frowned in anger when his toy broke.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhíu mày (verb): A near-synonym meaning to slightly knit the brows, often for a shorter duration or expressing milder confusion or thought.
• Cau mày (verb): A synonym, often interchangeable with "chau mày," but can sometimes imply a more intense or angry expression.

Synonyms

• Frown (verb): To make an expression showing displeasure or concentration by drawing the eyebrows together.
• Knit one's brows (verb phrase): To bring the eyebrows together, especially when thinking hard or worrying.
• Scowl (verb): To frown in an angry or bad-tempered way (this is stronger and more aggressive than "chau mày").

Related Idioms

• Chau mày trầm tư: To frown pensively/thoughtfully.
  • Ông già ngồi chau mày trầm tư bên bàn cờ. (The old man sat frowning pensively by the chessboard.)

verb

1. to frown; to knit the brows