头
脑

Brains in Chinese: 头脑 (tóu nǎo)

tóu nǎo

brains

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 頭腦1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1brains
  2. 2mind
  3. 3skull
  4. 4(fig.) gist (of a matter)
  5. 5leader
  6. 6boss

Stroke order

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头
脑

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄡˊ

tóu

ㄊ/ tㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄋㄠˇ

nǎo

ㄋ/ nㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

头脑

Simplified

頭腦

Traditional

Example sentences

See 头脑 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这个孩子头脑很聪明。

    zhè ge hái zi tóu nǎo hěn cōng ming。

    This child has a very clever mind.

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Related words

头

tóu

head

电脑

diàn nǎo

computer

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

罐头

guàn tou

tin

馒头

mán tou

steamed roll

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

脑袋

nǎo dai

head

舌头

shé tou

tongue

石头

shí tou

stone

枕头

zhěn tou

pillow

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