bindi

bindi — noun

1. a coloured dot, often red, or a small decorative jewel that South Asian women, p

1.名詞
釋義

a coloured dot, often red, or a small decorative jewel that South Asian women, particularly Hindus, place on the forehead just above the space between the eyes; in many traditions it signals that the wearer is married, though today people of any age also wear it as fashion or a sign of cultural identity.

例句

Priya pressed a bright red bindi onto her forehead before the family wedding began.

verb pattern: press / place a bindi onto the forehead

Many Hindu women in this village wear a bindi every day to show they are married.

collocation: wear a bindi

同義詞
  • tilak

    a related forehead mark, often religious and applied by men too; usually a vertical line or smear of paste rather than a dot or jewel

  • bindu

    the Sanskrit root meaning 'dot'; rarely used in everyday English

文法句型

wear a bindi

用法筆記

Subject is typically a South Asian woman, most often Hindu; the noun is countable and pluralises as 'bindis'. Frequently appears with verbs of placing or wearing (wear, put on, press, stick) and with colour or material adjectives (red, gold, silver, stick-on).

常見錯誤

❌She wore a bindi on her cheek.
✅She wore a bindi on her forehead, just above her eyebrows.
💡a bindi is specifically placed between or just above the eyebrows, not anywhere on the face.
❌He put a bindi between his eyes for the wedding.
✅His sister put a bindi between her eyes for the wedding.
💡bindis are traditionally worn by women, not men; using a male subject without context can sound wrong.