Chinese edit

phonetic brain
trad. (得腦)
simp. (得脑)
alternative forms 得老
的老

Etymology edit

Unclear. Various etymologies have been proposed:

Pronunciation edit


  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: deh4 nau2 / deh4 lau2
      • Sinological IPA (old-style): /təʔ²⁻⁴⁵ nau⁵³/, /təʔ²⁻⁴⁵ lau⁵³/

Noun edit

得腦

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) head

Synonyms edit