腦海

See also: 脑海

Chinese

		brain	ocean; sea
trad. (腦海)		腦	海
simp. (脑海)		脑	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎohǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nó-hói
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ló-hái / náu-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎohǎi [Phonetic: náohǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎohǎi
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-hai³
    • Yale: nǎu-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naohae
    • Palladius: наохай (naoxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ hoi²
    • Yale: nóuh hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nó-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: no` hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: no³ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /no³¹ hoi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-hái
    • Tâi-lô: ló-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loy'hae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hai⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: náu-hái
    • Tâi-lô: náu-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naw'hae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hai⁵³/

Noun

腦海

1. brain (where cognition and memory storage take place); mind

   在某人的腦海裡／在某人的脑海里  ―  zài mǒurén de nǎohǎi lǐ  ―  to be on someone's mind

   • 1982, “難忘您”, in 許冠傑 (lyrics), 難忘您·紙船, performed by 許冠傑:

     難忘妳對我那種體貼入微　時時刻刻腦海中都緊記 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     难忘你对我那种体贴入微　时时刻刻脑海中都紧记 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     naan⁴ mong⁴ nei⁵ deoi³ ngo⁵ naa⁵ zung² tai² tip³ jap⁶ mei⁴, si⁴ si⁴ hak¹ hak¹ nou⁵ hoi² zung¹ dou¹ gan² gei³ [Jyutping]

     I can't forget that attention you gave me; it's still stuck fast in my mind all the time

Synonyms

• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 腦力／脑力 (nǎolì)
• 腦子／脑子 (nǎozi) (colloquial)
• 腦筋／脑筋 (nǎojīn)
• 頭腦／头脑 (tóunǎo)