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腦細
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Chinese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
1.3.1
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Chinese
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brain
fine; minutely; thin
fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad.
(
腦細
)
腦
細
simp.
(
脑细
)
脑
细
Literally:
“brain is small”.
Etymology
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Near-homophonic pun on
老細
/
老细
(
lou
5
sai
3
)
, joking on the
narrow-mindedness
of bosses.
Pronunciation
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Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
nou
5
sai
3
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
nou
5
sai
3
Yale
:
nóuh sai
Cantonese Pinyin
:
nou
5
sai
3
Guangdong Romanization
:
nou
5
sei
3
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/nou̯¹³ sɐi̯³³/
Noun
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腦細
(
Cantonese
,
humorous
or
sarcastic
)
Alternative form of
老細
/
老细
(
“
boss; manager
”
)
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膠層
/
胶层
(
gaau
1
cang
4
)