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
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶nau-tsy

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/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶nau-tsy
  - MiniDict: nau^去 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nau-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nɔ²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

腦子

(colloquial or dialectal) brain
他腦子有病。／他脑子有病。 ― Tā nǎozi yǒubìng. ― He's out of his mind.

腦子壞脫了／脑子坏脱了 [Shanghainese] ― ⁶nau-tsy ⁶wa-theq-leq [Wugniu] ― brain’s broken
(colloquial) brains; smarts
borneol

Synonyms

(brain): 大腦／大脑 (dànǎo)
(brains):

心思 (xīnsī)
腦力／脑力 (nǎolì)
腦海／脑海 (nǎohǎi)
腦筋／脑筋 (nǎojīn)
頭腦／头脑 (tóunǎo)

Derived terms

動腦子／动脑子 (dòng nǎozi)

See also

腦殘／脑残 (nǎocán)

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