絞盡腦汁
See also: 绞尽脑汁
Chinese
hang (a criminal); to turn; to twist hang (a criminal); to turn; to twist; to wind |
to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth) |
brains | ||
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trad. (絞盡腦汁) | 絞 | 盡 | 腦汁 | |
simp. (绞尽脑汁) | 绞 | 尽 | 脑汁 | |
Literally: “to squeeze out all the brain juice”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ká-chīn-náu-chiap
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojìnnǎojhih
- Wade–Giles: chiao3-chin4-nao3-chih1
- Yale: jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujinnnaojy
- Palladius: цзяоцзиньнаочжи (czjaoczinʹnaočži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojìnnǎojhihr
- Wade–Giles: chiao3-chin4-nao3-chih1-ʼrh
- Yale: jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jīr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujinnnaojel
- Palladius: цзяоцзиньнаочжир (czjaoczinʹnaočžir)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1
- Yale: gáau jeuhn nóuh jāp
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaau2 dzoen6 nou5 dzap7
- Guangdong Romanization: gao2 zên6 nou5 zeb1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵn²² nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-chīn-náu-chiap
- Tâi-lô: ká-tsīn-náu-tsiap
- Phofsit Daibuun: kafcixnnawciab
- IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² nãu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siap̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 絞盡腦汁
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