大腦

See also: 大脑 and 大脳

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	brain
trad. (大腦)		大	腦
simp. (大脑)		大	脑
Literally: “big brain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ nou⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-ló / tōa-náu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ nao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-nao³
    • Yale: dà-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahnao
    • Palladius: данао (danao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ nou⁵
    • Yale: daaih nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² nou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-ló
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxloir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² lo⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-náu
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-náu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxnao
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ nãu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ nãu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ nao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā náu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ nau⁵²/

Noun

大腦

1. (neuroanatomy) cerebrum
2. (in general) brain; mind

   大腦一片空白／大脑一片空白  ―  dànǎo yī piàn kōngbái  ―  the mind goes blank

   說話不經大腦／说话不经大脑  ―  shuōhuà bù jīng dànǎo  ―  to speak without thinking, especially when one says something offensive

Synonyms

• (cerebrum): (colloquial or Dungan) 腦子／脑子 (nǎozi)

Coordinate terms

• (cerebrum): 小腦／小脑 (xiǎonǎo)

Derived terms

• 大腦動脈環／大脑动脉环 (dànǎodòngmàihuán)
• 大腦炎／大脑炎
• 大腦皮層／大脑皮层
• 大腦皮質／大脑皮质 (dànǎo pízhì)
• 大腦腳／大脑脚
• 大腦進水／大脑进水
• 大腦髓質／大脑髓质

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	腦
だい Grade: 1	のう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

大(だい)腦(のう) • (dainō) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 大脳 (“cerebrum”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	腦

Noun

大腦 • (daenoe) (hangeul 대뇌)

1. Hanja form^? of 대뇌 (“cerebrum”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	腦

Noun

大腦

1. chữ Hán form of đại não (“cerebrum”).