腦細

Chinese

		brain	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (腦細)		腦	細
simp. (脑细)		脑	细
Literally: “brain is small”.

Etymology

Near-homophonic pun on 老細／老细 (lou⁵ sai³), joking on the narrow-mindedness of bosses.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ sai³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ sai³
    • Yale: nóuh sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ sɐi̯³³/

Noun

腦細

1. (Cantonese, humorous or sarcastic) Alternative form of 老細／老细 (“boss; manager”)

Related terms

• 膠層／胶层 (gaau¹ cang⁴)