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頭腦

頭腦

See also: 头脑

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	brain
trad. (頭腦)		頭	腦
simp. (头脑)		头	脑
Literally: “head and brain”.

Noun

頭腦

intellect, intelligence, smarts

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tóunǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄋㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ nou⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thèu-nó
Min Nan (POJ): thâu-náu / thâu-nó͘ / thâu-ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tóunǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄋㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tournao
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ nou⁵
  - Yale: tàuh nóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ nou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ nou̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-nó
  - Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ no`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: teu² no³
  - IPA: /tʰe̯u¹¹ no³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-náu / thâu-nó͘ / thâu-ló
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-náu / thâu-nóo / thâu-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taunao, taunor, tauloir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² naʊ⁵³/, /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² nɔ⁵³/, /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² lɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² naʊ⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² nɔ⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² lɤ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² naʊ⁵³/, /tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² nɔ⁵³/, /tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² lɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ naʊ⁵³/, /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ nɔ⁵³/, /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ naʊ⁴¹/, /tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ nɔ⁴¹/, /tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/