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mặt mày

Pronunciation Northern /ma̰ʔt˨˩ ma̤j˨˩/ Central /ma̰k˨˨ maj˧˧/ Southern /mak˨˩˨ maj˨˩/
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facial expression
Noun
facial expression

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
facial expression Body & Physical FeaturesTheme

The appearance of a person's face or the specific emotional look they show through their facial features at a moment.

vi Mặt mày anh ấy trông rất tươi tỉnh sau một giấc ngủ ngon.

en His facial expression looks very bright after a good sleep.

Parts
mặt / mày / A compound of mặt + mày …
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Components

Components

mặt mày

OriginA compound of mặt + mày

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𩈘𠋥
Candidates by syllable
mặt 𩈘 mày 𠋥（𡮠 / 𥻡）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
vẻ mặt / thần sắc / lông mày / chân mày …
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Easily confused

Same meaning
Ends with this word

lông mày/chân mày/cau mày/chú mày/má mày/chúng mày/râu mày

Meaning links

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facial expression vi: mặt mày / ja: 顔つき / WordNet aligned
Use
mặt trời / chóng mặt / đối mặt / khuôn mặt …
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mặt (face) — words using
mày (eyebrows) — words using

Themes and tags

Body & Physical FeaturesTheme
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