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頭腦

简 头脑 · 繁 頭腦
Mandarin · pinyin tóu nǎo

Meanings

  1. brains
  2. mind
  3. skull
  4. (fig.) gist (of a matter)
  5. leader
  6. boss
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頭
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
腦
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头
tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
脑
nǎo · brain
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2–3 · tou2 nao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tau4 nou5

Cantonese word readings for 頭腦. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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tau4 nou5

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (literary) head
  2. mind; brains; head
  3. intellect; intelligence; smarts
  4. leader; boss; head
  5. (obsolete) inside information
  6. (obsolete) reason; cause; motive; grounds

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