Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- nǎo
English
- brain
- brain
- mind
- head
- essence
- brain
- a metonymy of intelligence or common sense, usually used when insulting a person
- short for 電腦; computer
粵語
- 身體嘅一部份；位於頭部，有頭骨保護，係神經系統嘅中樞；大部分嘅動物都有，只係水母之類嘅生物得相對簡單嘅神經網（量詞：個）
- 代指智力或者常識，多數係鬧人時用
- 電腦嘅簡稱（量詞：部）
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 腦
- 頭腦tau4 nou5
brains
- 電腦din6 nou5
computer
- 腦袋nou5 doi2
head
- 大腦daai6 nou5
brain
- 首腦sau2 nou5
head (of state)
- 腦海nou5 hoi2
the mind
- 洗腦sai2 nou5
to brainwash
- 腦筋nou5 gan1
brains
- 上腦soeng5 nou5
having impact on one's emotions, causing one to behave rashly
- 後腦hau6 nou5
hindbrain
- 小腦siu2 nou5
cerebellum (part of the brain)
- 腦幹nou5 gon3
brain stem
- 腦殘nou5 caan4
moronic
- 腦殼nou5 hok3
(coll.) head; skull
- 食腦sik6 nou5
smart (spoken)
- 燒腦siu1 nou5
(neologism, attested by 2016) (coll.) (of a situation, problem or piece of content) intensely demanding on the brain; brain-bending
- 腦補nou5 bou2
(Internet slang) to imagine
- 腦炎nou5 jim4
encephalitis
- 腦子nou5 zi2
brains
- 冇腦mou5 nou5
literally 'brainless'; describes someone who acted brainlessly or recklessly
- 樟腦zoeng1 nou5
camphor
- 腦出血nou5 ceot1 hyut3
cerebral hemorrhage
- 有腦jau5 nou5
brainy; describing a person who is intelligent, clever, having the ability to think critically, and respond quickly
- 用腦jung6 nou5
to undertake mental work