死腦筋

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	mind; brains; way of thinking mind; brains; way of thinking; idea
trad. (死腦筋)		死	腦筋
simp. (死脑筋)		死	脑筋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐnǎojīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄋㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² nou⁵ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐnǎojīn [Phonetic: sínǎojīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄋㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhnǎojin
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-nao³-chin¹
    • Yale: sž-nǎu-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syynaojin
    • Palladius: сынаоцзинь (synaoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² nou⁵ gan¹
    • Yale: séi nóuh gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² nou⁵ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² nou⁵ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ nou̯¹³ kɐn⁵⁵/

Adjective

死腦筋

1. inflexible and not being able adapt to circumstances

Noun

死腦筋

1. person who is inflexible and not able adapt to circumstances