腦袋瓜子
Chinese
| head; brains; mental capacity | suffix for a round object | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (腦袋瓜子) | 腦袋 | 瓜子 | |
| simp. (脑袋瓜子) | 脑袋 | 瓜子 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
腦袋瓜子
- (colloquial) head
- 你要實說了，我還饒你；再有一字虛言，你先摸摸你腔子上幾個腦袋瓜子！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Nǐ yào shíshuō le, wǒ hái ráo nǐ; zài yǒu yī zì xūyán, nǐ xiān mō mo nǐ qiāngzi shàng jǐge nǎodaiguāzi! [Pinyin]
- You've got to speak the truth for me to still spare you. If you've got another word of falsehood, then feel how many noggins you've got on your body!
你要实说了，我还饶你；再有一字虚言，你先摸摸你腔子上几个脑袋瓜子！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
- (colloquial) brains; mental capacity
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 頭 (“head”) [map]
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