脑
筋

Brains in Chinese: 脑筋 (nǎo jīn)

nǎo jīn

brains

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 腦筋1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1brains
  2. 2mind
  3. 3head
  4. 4way of thinking

Stroke order

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脑
筋

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄠˇ

nǎo

ㄋ/ nㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧㄣ

jīn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

脑筋

Simplified

腦筋

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 解这道题要多动动脑筋。

    jiě zhè dào tí yào duō dòng dòng nǎo jīn。

    Solving this problem takes some real brainpower.

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Related words

筋

jīn

muscle

电脑

diàn nǎo

computer

脑袋

nǎo dai

head

头脑

tóu nǎo

brains

大脑

dà nǎo

brain

脑子

nǎo zi

brains

首脑

shǒu nǎo

head (of state)

脑海

nǎo hǎi

the mind

伤脑筋

shāng nǎo jīn

to be a real headache

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