腦汁

Chinese

		brain	juice
trad. (腦汁)		腦	汁
simp. (脑汁)		脑	汁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎozhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ zap¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ló-chap / náu-chiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎozhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎojhih
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-chih¹
    • Yale: nǎu-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naojy
    • Palladius: наочжи (naočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ zap¹
    • Yale: nóuh jāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ dzap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ zeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-chap
    • Tâi-lô: ló-tsap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loyzab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sap̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: náu-chiap
    • Tâi-lô: náu-tsiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nawciab
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/

Noun

腦汁

1. brains

Derived terms

• 絞盡腦汁 / 绞尽脑汁 (jiǎojìnnǎozhī)