腦筋

See also: 脑筋

Chinese

		brain	muscle
trad. (腦筋)		腦	筋
simp. (脑筋)		脑	筋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎojīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ gan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nó-kîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): náu-kun / ló-kun / náu-kin
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶nau-cin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎojīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎojin
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-chin¹
    • Yale: nǎu-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naojin
    • Palladius: наоцзинь (naoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ gan¹
    • Yale: nóuh gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nó-kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: no` gin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: no³ gin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /no³¹ kin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: náu-kun
    • Tâi-lô: náu-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naw'kwn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-kun
    • Tâi-lô: ló-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loy'kwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: náu-kin
    • Tâi-lô: náu-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naw'kyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶nau-cin
    • MiniDict: nau^去 cin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nau-jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nɔ²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

腦筋

1. mind; brains
2. way of thinking; idea

Synonyms

• (mind):

• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 腦力／脑力 (nǎolì)
• 腦子／脑子 (nǎozi) (colloquial)
• 腦海／脑海 (nǎohǎi)
• 頭腦／头脑 (tóunǎo)

 

• (way of thinking):

• 概念 (gàiniàn)
• 構思／构思 (gòusī)
• 構想／构想 (gòuxiǎng)
• 理念 (lǐniàn)
• 觀念／观念 (guānniàn)

 

Derived terms

• 傷腦筋／伤脑筋 (shāng nǎojīn)
• 動腦筋／动脑筋 (dòng nǎojīn)
• 換腦筋／换脑筋
• 死腦筋／死脑筋 (sǐnǎojīn)
• 老腦筋／老脑筋 (lǎonǎojīn)
• 腦筋急轉彎／脑筋急转弯 (nǎojīn jízhuǎnwān)