眼皮

yǎnpí
noun #7,232

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 eyelid

Examples

HSK 3
Tā de yǎnpí yīzhí zài tiào.
Her eyelid keeps twitching.
HSK 3
Zhè jiàn shì jiù fāshēng zài tā yǎnpí dǐxia.
This happened right under his nose.
HSK 7-9
Tā kùn de yǎnpí dōu zhēng bù kāi le.
He's so sleepy he can't keep his eyelids open.

Tips

culture
In Chinese superstition, 左眼皮跳 (left eyelid twitching) means good luck is coming, while 右眼皮跳 (right eyelid twitching) means bad luck. The saying goes: 左眼跳财,右眼跳灾.
usage
眼皮底下 (under one's eyelid) is an idiom meaning 'right under one's nose', similar to English.

Stroke Order

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