得腦

Chinese

phonetic brain
trad. (得腦) 得 腦
simp. (得脑) 得 脑
alternative forms 得老
的老

Etymology

Unclear. Various etymologies have been proposed:

  • A prefixed form of 腦/脑 (nau2, “brain; head”); compare 圪腦/圪脑 in other Jin dialects (Hou, 1999).
  • From syllable splitting of 首 (“head”); compare characters with 首 as the phonetic, e.g. 道 (dau3), 導/导 (dau3) (Qiao, 2008).
  • From syllable splitting of 頭/头 (tou1, “head”) (Wu, 2018).

Pronunciation

  • Jin (Wiktionary): deh4 nau2 / deh4 lau2

  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: deh4 nau2 / deh4 lau2
      • Sinological IPA (old-style): /təʔ²⁻⁴⁵ nau⁵³/, /təʔ²⁻⁴⁵ lau⁵³/

Noun

得腦

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) head

Synonyms

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