阿腦

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	brain
trad. (阿腦)		阿	腦
simp. (阿脑)		阿	脑
alternative forms		阿𧩣 安哢

Etymology

Compare Hokkien and Teochew 呵咾. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ô-nó

  (Hailu, HRS): o^ˋ no^ˊ / on^ˋ no^ˊ

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ô-nó
    • Hakka Romanization System: o^ˊ no^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: o¹ no³
    • Sinological IPA: /o²⁴ no³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: o^ˋ no^ˊ / on^ˋ no^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /o⁵³ no²⁴/, /on⁵³ no²⁴/

Verb

阿腦

1. (Taiwanese Hakka) to commend; to praise

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 誇獎 (“to praise; to compliment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		誇獎, 稱讚, 稱許, 讚許, 嘉許, 讚揚, 誇讚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Singapore	稱讚, 誇獎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	讚, 誇獎
	Hong Kong	讚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	讚, 誇獎
Gan	Nanchang	誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
Hakka	Meixian	誇, 誇獎, 誇讚, 稱讚, 讚, 讚揚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	阿腦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿腦, 誇獎
Southern Min	Xiamen	呵咾
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	呵咾
	Quanzhou	呵咾
	Zhangzhou	呵咾
	Zhao'an	呵咾
	Tainan	呵咾
	Penang (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Manila (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Chaozhou	呵咾
	Shantou	呵咾, 誇獎, 誇, 讚揚, 稱讚
	Singapore (Teochew)	呵咾
	Leizhou	呵咾

References

• “Entry #419”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.