洗腦

See also: 洗脑 and 洗脳

Chinese

		to wash	brain
trad. (洗腦)		洗	腦
simp. (洗脑)		洗	脑
Literally: “to wash brain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐnǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² nou⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sé-náu / sóe-náu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): soi² nao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐnǎo [Phonetic: xínǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐnǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-nao³
    • Yale: syǐ-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiinao
    • Palladius: синао (sinao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² nou⁵
    • Yale: sái nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ nou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-náu
    • Tâi-lô: sé-náu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefnao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-náu
    • Tâi-lô: sué-náu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soefnao
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: soi² nao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sói náu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soi⁵²⁻³⁵ nau⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

洗⫽腦 (verb-object)

2012年，香港政府提出在中小學推廣國民教育。泛民主派認為國民教育課綱偏頗，批評為「洗腦教育」。圖為當時反對國民教育示威中的示威者。

1. (transitive) to brainwash
2. to affect one's mind through propaganda or misleading information

Synonyms

• 毒害 (dúhài)
• 麻醉 (mázuì)
• (Shanghainese) 汏腦子／汏脑子

Derived terms

• 洗腦包／洗脑包

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (洗腦):

• → Japanese: 洗脳(せんのう) (sennō)
• → Korean: 세뇌(洗腦) (senoe)
• → Vietnamese: tẩy não (洗腦)

Others:

• → English: brainwash (calque)

Adjective

洗腦

1. (neologism, of a song, meme, ad, etc.) composed in a silly manner but is highly captivating; (annoyingly) catchy; earwormy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洗	腦
せん Grade: 6	のう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

洗(せん)腦(のう) • (sennō) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 洗脳: brainwashing

Korean

Hanja in this term
洗	腦

Noun

洗腦 • (senoe) (hangeul 세뇌)

1. Hanja form^? of 세뇌 (“brainwashing; indoctrination”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
洗	腦

Verb

洗腦

1. chữ Hán form of tẩy não (“to brainwash”).