腦子

See also: 脑子

Chinese

		brain	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (腦子)		腦	子
simp. (脑子)		脑	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): nǎozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нозы (nozɨ, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: nǎu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nao.tzy
    • Palladius: наоцзы (naoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нозы (nozɨ, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ zi²
    • Yale: nóuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 腦子

1. (colloquial or Dungan) brain
2. (colloquial) smarts
3. borneol

Synonyms

• (brain): 腦海／脑海 (nǎohǎi), 腦筋／脑筋 (nǎojīn), 頭腦／头脑 (tóunǎo)

See also

• 腦殘／脑残 (nǎocán)

(deprecated template usage)