腦勺子

Chinese

		brain	spoon; ladle; A stupid person, used in a teasing manner
trad. (腦勺子)		腦	勺子
simp. (脑勺子)		脑	勺子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎosháozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ㄕㄠˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ zoek³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎosháozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄕㄠˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎosháozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-shao²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: nǎu-sháu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naoshaur.tzy
    • Palladius: наошаоцзы (naošaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ zoek³ zi²
    • Yale: nóuh jeuk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ dzoek⁸ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ zêg³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ t͡sœːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

腦勺子

1. (dialectal) back of the head

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 後腦勺 (“back of the head”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		後腦勺
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	後腦勺子, 後腦勺兒, 腦勺子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	後腦勺兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	後腦勺子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	後腦勺兒, 腦欛子, 腦印窩兒
	Wanrong	後腦勺
	Xi'an	腦勺
	Xining	後腦勺
	Xuzhou	後腦勺兒, 後腦勺子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	後腦梢子
	Ürümqi	後腦勺兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	後腦殼
	Liuzhou	謀吃窩, 後腦窩, 後頸窩, 後腦殼
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	後腦殼, 後腦勺子
	Yangzhou	後腦勺子, 腦勺子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	後尾枕, 後枕
	Hong Kong	後尾枕
Gan	Nanchang	後腦蓋
	Pingxiang	後腦殼
Hakka	Meixian	腦珠背, 後尾枕, 後腦勺
	Yudu	後腦
Huizhou	Jixi	後腦窩
Jin	Taiyuan	後奔蛋, 後疙瘩
	Xinzhou	後腦勺子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	後腦
Southern Min	Xiamen	後甌, 後腦骨, 頭殼枕, 後枕
	Zhangzhou	後甌, 後碗
	Shantou	後斗
	Jieyang	後斗支
	Haikou	後腦, 後腦殼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	後腦頭, 後枕
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	後枕
	Suzhou	後腦勺子
	Danyang	後腦勺
	Wenzhou	後枕才
Xiang	Changsha	後腦殼
	Hengyang	後腦殼