腦子進水

Chinese

		brain; brains; smarts	to have water get in; to become flooded
trad. (腦子進水)		腦子	進水
simp. (脑子进水)		脑子	进水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎozi jìnshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ˙ㄗ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ zi² zeon³ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎozi jìnshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ˙ㄗ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎozi̊h jìnshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-tzŭ⁵ chin⁴-shui³
    • Yale: nǎu-dz jìn-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nao.tzy jinnshoei
    • Palladius: наоцзы цзиньшуй (naoczy czinʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ zi² zeon³ seoi²
    • Yale: nóuh jí jeun séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ dzi² dzoen³ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ ji² zên³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵ t͡sɵn³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

腦子進水

1. (idiomatic, derogatory) to be crazy or stupid; to have lost one's mind

   我一定是腦子進水了才買了這玩意兒！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   我一定是脑子进水了才买了这玩意儿！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Wǒ yīdìng shì nǎozi jìnshuǐ le cái mǎi le zhèi wányir! [Pinyin]

   I must have lost my mind when I bought this!