腦瓜

Chinese

		brain	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (腦瓜)		腦	瓜
simp. (脑瓜)		脑	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎoguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎoguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎogua
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-kua¹
    • Yale: nǎu-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naogua
    • Palladius: наогуа (naogua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (腦瓜兒 / 脑瓜儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎoguār
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎoguar
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-kua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: nǎu-gwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naogual
    • Palladius: наогуар (naoguar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ gwaa¹
    • Yale: nóuh gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ kʷaː⁵⁵/

Noun

腦瓜

1. (colloquial) head