洗腦

See also: 洗脑 and 洗脳

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	brain
trad. (洗腦)		洗	腦
simp. (洗脑)		洗	脑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐnǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² nou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sé-náu / sóe-náu

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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/

Verb

洗腦

1. to brainwash (to affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure)

Synonyms

• 毒害 (dúhài)
• 麻醉 (mázuì)

Descendants

• → English: brainwash (calque)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 洗腦

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

See also

• 再教育 (zàijiàoyù, “reeducate”)

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Japanese

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

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 洗脳: brainwashing

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Korean

Hanja in this term
洗	腦

Noun

洗腦 • (senoe) (hangeul 세뇌)

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

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
洗	腦

Verb

洗腦

1. Template:han tu form of