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”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóunǎo

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - 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
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ 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: /tʰeu̯¹¹ no³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-náu
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-náu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taunao
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ nãʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² nãʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Penang): /tʰaʊ²³⁻²¹ naʊ⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² nãʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹² nãʊ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hsinchu, Taichung, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-ló
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tauloir
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² lo⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taunor
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ nɔ̃⁵³/

Noun

頭腦

(archaic, literary) head
mind; brains; head
intellect; intelligence; smarts
頭腦王者 / 头脑王者 ― tóunǎo wángzhě ― Mind/Brain King (a popular gaming application)
leader; boss; head
(literary) reason; cause; motive; grounds

Synonyms

(mind): 腦海／脑海 (nǎohǎi), 腦筋／脑筋 (nǎojīn), 腦子／脑子 (nǎozi)

Dialectal synonyms of 頭 (“head”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		首, 元, 頭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頭, 頭部, 頭顱, 頭腦
Mandarin	Beijing	腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子, 腦殼兒, 腦殼, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子
	Taiwan	頭, 腦袋
	Tianjin	腦袋, 腦瓜子, 腦袋瓜子, 腦袋瓜兒
	Harbin	頭, 腦殼兒, 腦殼子, 腦子, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子
	Shenyang	腦袋
	Hailar	腦袋
	Ulanhot	腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒
	Tongliao	腦袋
	Chifeng	頭
	Bayanhot	頭, 腦袋
	Jinan	頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子, 腦瓜子, 腦瓜兒
	Muping	頭, 腦袋瓜子 derogatory
	Luoyang	頭, 低腦
	Wanrong	等腦
	Xi'an	𦠿, 頭
	Xining	頭
	Xuzhou	頭, 棗木 dated, humorous
	Yinchuan	頭
	Lanzhou	頭, 頭蛋骨, 得勒 derogatory
	Ürümqi	頭
	Wuhan	頭, 腦殼
	Chengdu	腦殼
	Guiyang	腦殼
	Guilin	頭, 腦殼
	Liuzhou	頭, 頭殼, 腦殼
	Kunming	頭, 腦殼
	Yangzhou	頭
	Nanjing	頭
	Hefei	頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頭, 頭殼
	Hong Kong	頭, 頭殼
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	頭殼
	Shunde	頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	頭
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	頭
	Taishan	頭, 頭殼
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頭
	Dongguan	腦殼, 頭
	Shaoguan	頭, 頭殼
	Yunfu	頭, 頭殼
	Yangjiang	頭殼
	Xinyi	頭, 頭殼
	Lianjiang	頭, 頭殼
	Nanning	頭
	Wuzhou	頭
	Yulin	頭
	Hepu	頭殼
	Kuala Lumpur	頭
Gan	Nanchang	頭, 腦蓋
	Lichuan	頭, 腦
	Pingxiang	腦殼
Hakka	Meixian	頭那
	Xingning	頭那
	Huidong (Daling)	頭那
	Qujiang	頭那
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	頭那
	Luchuan	頭
	Changting	頭那
	Pingyu	頭那
	Wuping	頭那
	Liancheng	頭那
	Ninghua	腦殼
	Yudu	頭, 腦蓋, 腦殼
	Ruijin	腦蓋, 頭那殼
	Shicheng	腦蓋, 腦殼
	Shangyou	腦蓋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭那
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	頭那
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	頭那
	Dongshi (Dabu)	頭那
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	頭那
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	頭那
	Hong Kong	頭那
	Sabah	頭那
	Senai	頭那
	Singkawang	頭那
Huizhou	Jixi	頭, 腦殼
Jin	Taiyuan	得腦, 頭, 乾骷髏 derogatory, 骷髏 derogatory
	Xinzhou	得腦
	Baochang	頭
	Jining	腦袋
	Hohhot	腦袋
	Baotou	腦袋
	Dongsheng	頭
	Linhe	腦袋
	Haibowan	腦袋
Min Bei	Jian'ou	頭
Min Dong	Fuzhou	頭, 頭腦, 頭首
	Fuqing	頭
	Matsu	頭, 頭首
Min Nan	Xiamen	頭, 頭殼
	Quanzhou	頭, 頭殼
	Zhangzhou	頭, 頭殼
	Taipei	頭, 頭殼
	Kaohsiung	頭, 頭殼
	Tainan	頭, 頭殼
	Taichung	頭殼
	Hsinchu	頭殼
	Lukang	頭, 頭殼
	Sanxia	頭, 頭殼
	Yilan	頭, 頭殼
	Kinmen	頭殼
	Magong	頭殼
	Penang	頭, 頭殼
	Singapore	頭殼
	Philippines (Manila)	頭, 頭殼
	Pingnan	頭
	Chaozhou	頭殼
	Shantou	頭殼
	Haifeng	頭, 頭殼, 頭殼顱
	Johor Bahru	頭
	Haikou	頭顱, 頭殼
	Leizhou	頭, 頭顱, 殼升
Puxian Min	Putian	頭
Pinghua	Nanning	頭, 頭殼
Pinghua	Guilin	頭
Wu	Shanghai	頭, 頭骷顱, 骷顱頭 often derogatory, 骷郎頭 often derogatory
	Suzhou	頭, 骷郎頭, 六斤四兩
	Hangzhou	頭, 腦頭瓜
	Wenzhou	頭, 六斤四 secret
	Chongming	頭爿
	Danyang	頭, 腦袋瓜, 頭骷郎
	Jinhua	頭, 葫粒頭 humorous
	Ningbo	骷顱頭, 骷郎頭, 頭, 骷顱頭甏 derogatory, 骷顱頭瓶 derogatory, 六斤四兩 humorous
Xiang	Changsha	腦殼
	Shuangfeng	腦殼
	Loudi	腦殼
	Quanzhou	腦殼

Derived terms

Derived terms from 頭腦

不知一個頭腦／不知一个头脑
不知頭腦／不知头脑
大頭腦／大头脑
好頭腦／好头脑
打大頭腦／打大头脑
摸不著頭腦／摸不着头脑 (mō bù zháo tóunǎo)
有頭腦／有头脑
沒頭腦／没头脑

沒頭腦官司／没头脑官司
沒頭腦的事／没头脑的事
頭腦企業／头脑企业 (tóunǎo qǐyè)
頭腦派／头脑派
頭腦湯／头脑汤
頭腦簡單／头脑简单
頭腦酒／头脑酒
頭腦體操／头脑体操

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頭腦):

→ Japanese: 頭 (ず)脳 (のう) (zunō)
→ Korean: 두뇌 (頭腦, dunoe)
→ Vietnamese: đầu não (頭腦)

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