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脑子

nǎo zi

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 腦子 Measure word 个

脑子 (nǎo zi) means "brains; mind". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 脑子 means

1. brains
2. mind

The characters in 脑子

• 脑nǎobrain; mind; head
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 僵尸吃脑子。
  Zombies eat brains.
• 汤姆脑子好使。
  Tāngmu nǎozi hǎo shǐ.
  Tom has brains.
• 他脑子很灵光。
  He is sharp-witted.
• 你肯定脑子糊掉了。
  You must be mentally exhausted.
• 白痴，你脑子进水了？
  Báichī, nǐ nǎozijìnshuǐ le?
  Idiot... You got water in your brain or something?
• 汤姆满脑子都是玛丽。
  Tom only thinks about Mary.

Words starting with 脑子

• 脑子进水nǎo zi jìn shuǐto have lost one's mind; crazy; soft in the head
• 脑子有泡nǎo zi yǒu pàosoft in the head; brainless; dumb

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