精蟲上腦

Chinese

		sperm cell	to think obsessively about something bad or murky; to be addicted to something
trad. (精蟲上腦)		精蟲	上腦
simp. (精虫上脑)		精虫	上脑
Literally: “the sperm-bug ascends to the brain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngchóngshàngnǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ cung⁴ soeng⁵ nou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngchóngshàngnǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingchóngshàngnǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-chʻung²-shang⁴-nao³
    • Yale: jīng-chúng-shàng-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingchorngshanqnao
    • Palladius: цзинчуншаннао (czinčunšannao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ cung⁴ soeng⁵ nou⁵
    • Yale: jīng chùhng séuhng nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ tsung⁴ soeng⁵ nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ cung⁴ sêng⁵ nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sœːŋ¹³ nou̯¹³/

Idiom

精蟲上腦

1. (of a man) to lose the ability to think rationally when driven by sexual impulse

See also

• 唂精上腦／唂精上脑