粵

燒siu1腦nou5

simp烧脑
siu1 nou5shāo nǎo

English

  1. (neologism, attested by 2016) (coll.) (of a situation, problem or piece of content) intensely demanding on the brain; brain-bending
  2. brain-challenging; complicated; mind-boggling

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 好傷腦筋;指問題、邏輯等太過複雜,要好用腦

Examples

  • 燒腦神劇

    brain-teasing TV shows

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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