腦補

Chinese

		brain	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
trad. (腦補)		腦	補
simp. (脑补)		脑	补

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎobǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ bou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎobǔ [Phonetic: náobǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎobǔ
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-pu³
    • Yale: nǎu-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naobuu
    • Palladius: наобу (naobu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ bou²
    • Yale: nóuh bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ pou̯³⁵/

Verb

腦補

1. (neologism, slang, especially ACG) to dream up a fantastical or farfetched continuation to affairs

See also

• 腦洞／脑洞 (nǎodòng)
• 無端聯想／无端联想