腦子

See also: 脑子

Chinese

		brain	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (腦子)		腦	子
simp. (脑子)		脑	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): nǎozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нозы (nozɨ, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ zi²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶nau-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: nǎu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nao.tzy
    • Palladius: наоцзы (naoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нозы (nozɨ, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ zi²
    • Yale: nóuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶nau-tsy
    • MiniDict: nau^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nau-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nɔ²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

腦子

1. (colloquial or dialectal) brain

   他腦子有病。／他脑子有病。  ―  Tā nǎozi yǒubìng.  ―  He's out of his mind.

   腦子壞脫了／脑子坏脱了 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁶nau-tsy ⁶wa-theq-leq [Wugniu]  ―  brain’s broken

2. (colloquial) brains; smarts
3. borneol

Synonyms

• (brain): 大腦／大脑 (dànǎo)
• (brains):

• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 腦力／脑力 (nǎolì)
• 腦海／脑海 (nǎohǎi)
• 腦筋／脑筋 (nǎojīn)
• 頭腦／头脑 (tóunǎo)

 

Derived terms

• 動腦子／动脑子 (dòng nǎozi)

 

See also

• 腦殘／脑残 (nǎocán)