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脑

nǎo

HSK 1 Character Traditional 腦

What 脑 means

1. brain
2. mind
3. head
4. essence

Example sentences

• 我有脑瘤。
  Wǒ yǒu nǎoliú.
  I have a brain tumor.
• 真伤脑筋。
  Zhēn shāngnǎojīn.
  It really is a headache.
• 电脑坏了。
  The computer is broken.
• 打开电脑。
  Turn on the computer.
• 电脑死机了。
  Diànnǎo sǐjī le.
  My computer has frozen.
• 汤姆脑瓜灵。
  Tāngmu nǎoguā líng.
  Tom has a good head on his shoulders.

Words starting with 脑

• 脑袋nǎo daihead; skull; brains
• 脑子nǎo zibrains; mind
• 脑海nǎo hǎithe mind; the brain
• 脑筋nǎo jīnbrains; mind; head
• 脑后nǎo hòuthe back of the head; (fig.) the back of one's mind
• 脑门nǎo ménforehead
• 脑壳nǎo ké(colloquial) head; skull; (fig.) brains (mental capacity)
• 脑力nǎo lìmental capacity
• 脑细胞nǎo xì bāobrain cell
• 脑力劳动nǎo lì láo dòngmental labor; intellectual work
• 脑震荡nǎo zhèn dàng(med.) cerebral concussion
• 脑浆nǎo jiāngbrains
• 脑溢血nǎo yì xuècerebral hemorrhage; stroke
• 脑瓜nǎo guāskull; brain; head
• 脑际nǎo jìmind; memory
• 脑儿nǎo rbrains (as food)
• 脑回nǎo huígyrus (neuroanatomy)
• 脑图nǎo túmind map
• 脑室nǎo shìventricles of the brain
• 脑岛nǎo dǎoinsula
• 脑干nǎo gànbrain stem
• 脑波nǎo bōbrain wave; EEG
• 脑病nǎo bìngbrain disease; encephalopathy
• 脑花nǎo huābrain (served as a culinary dish)

Words containing 脑

• 电脑diàn nǎocomputer
• 伤脑筋shāng nǎo jīnto be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains
• 头脑tóu nǎobrains; mind; skull
• 大脑dà nǎobrain; cerebrum
• 首脑shǒu nǎohead (of state); summit (meeting); leader
• 后脑勺hòu nǎo sháoback of the head
• 动脑筋dòng nǎo jīnto use one's brains; to think
• 绞尽脑汁jiǎo jìn nǎo zhīto rack one's brains
• 摸不着头脑mō bu zháo tóu nǎoto be unable to make any sense of the matter; to be at a loss
• 后脑hòu nǎohindbrain; back of the head
• 探头探脑tàn tóu tàn nǎoto stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
• 流脑liú nǎoepidemic cerebrospinal meningitis (abbr. for 流行性脑膜炎
• 一股脑yī gǔ nǎoall of it; lock, stock and barrel
• 动脑dòng nǎoto use one's brain
• 豆腐脑dòu fu nǎojellied tofu; soft bean curd
• 用脑yòng nǎoto undertake mental work
• 小脑xiǎo nǎocerebellum (part of the brain)
• 主脑zhǔ nǎoleader; the one in control; main (part, character etc)
• 无脑wú nǎobrainless
• 间脑jiān nǎodiencephalon
• 个人电脑gè rén diàn nǎopersonal computer; PC
• 台式电脑tái shì diàn nǎodesktop computer
• 土头土脑tǔ tóu tǔ nǎorustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
• 家用电脑jiā yòng diàn nǎohome computer

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 朝zhāomorning
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 膏gāoointment; paste
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 脬pāobladder

Characters that look like 脑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 辆liàngclassifier for vehicles
• 胸xiōngchest; bosom; heart
• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
• 胭yānrouge
• 徜chángsit cross-legged; walk back and forth
• 骊líblack horse; jet steed; good horse

Sounds the same

Read nǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 恼to get angry
• 瑙used in 玛瑙
• 垴small hill; used in geographic names
• 嫐to tease; to play around with
• 碯variant of 瑙; agate
• 匘old variant of 脑