坐住個腦

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop	(a measure word); individual	brain
trad. (坐住個腦)		坐	住	個	腦
simp. (坐住个脑)		坐	住	个	脑
Literally: “sitting on one's brain”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co⁵ zyu⁶ go³ nou⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co⁵ zyu⁶ go³ nou⁵
    • Yale: chóh jyuh go nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁵ dzy⁶ go³ nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: co⁵ ju⁶ go³ nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː¹³ t͡syː²² kɔː³³ nou̯¹³/

Idiom

坐住個腦

1. (Cantonese, slightly offensive) stupid; idiotic

Usage notes

Implies that the person's brains is in one's buttocks, hence uses their buttocks to carry out the functions of a brain.

Synonyms

• 坐住咗個腦／坐住咗个脑
• 個腦坐住咗／个脑坐住咗

Related terms

• 個腦生喺屎窟度／个脑生喺屎窟度