腦袋瓜子
Chinese
head; brains; mental capacity suffix for a round object trad. (腦袋瓜子) 腦袋 瓜子 simp. (脑袋瓜子) 脑袋 瓜子
Pronunciation
Noun
腦袋瓜子
- (colloquial) head
- 你要實說了，我還饒你；再有一字虛言，你先摸摸你腔子上幾個腦袋瓜子！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Nǐ yào shíshuō le, wǒ hái ráo nǐ; zài yǒu yī zì xūyán, nǐ xiān mō mo nǐ qiāngzi shàng jǐge nǎodaiguāzi! [Pinyin]
- You've got to speak the truth for me to still spare you. If you've got another word of falsehood, then feel how many noggins you've got on your body!
你要实说了，我还饶你；再有一字虚言，你先摸摸你腔子上几个脑袋瓜子！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
- (colloquial) brains; mental capacity
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 頭 (“head”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 首, 元, 頭 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 頭, 頭部, 頭顱, 頭腦 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子, 腦殼兒, 腦殼, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子 |
| Taiwan | 頭, 腦袋 | |
| Tianjin | 腦袋, 腦瓜子, 腦袋瓜子, 腦袋瓜兒 | |
| Harbin | 頭, 腦殼兒, 腦殼子, 腦子, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子 | |
| Shenyang | 腦袋 | |
| Hailar | 腦袋 | |
| Ulanhot | 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒 | |
| Tongliao | 腦袋 | |
| Chifeng | 頭 | |
| Bayanhot | 頭, 腦袋 | |
| Jinan | 頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子, 腦瓜子, 腦瓜兒 | |
| Muping | 頭, 腦袋瓜子 derogatory | |
| Luoyang | 頭, 低腦 | |
| Wanrong | 等腦 | |
| Xi'an | 𦠿, 頭 | |
| Xining | 頭 | |
| Xuzhou | 頭, 棗木 dated, humorous | |
| Yinchuan | 頭 | |
| Lanzhou | 頭, 頭蛋骨, 得勒 derogatory | |
| Ürümqi | 頭 | |
| Wuhan | 頭, 腦殼 | |
| Chengdu | 腦殼 | |
| Guiyang | 腦殼 | |
| Guilin | 頭, 腦殼 | |
| Liuzhou | 頭, 頭殼, 腦殼 | |
| Kunming | 頭, 腦殼 | |
| Yangzhou | 頭 | |
| Nanjing | 頭 | |
| Hefei | 頭 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 頭, 頭殼 |
| Hong Kong | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 頭殼 | |
| Shunde | 頭 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 頭 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 頭 | |
| Taishan | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 頭 | |
| Dongguan | 腦殼, 頭 | |
| Shaoguan | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Yunfu | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Yangjiang | 頭殼 | |
| Xinyi | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Lianjiang | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Nanning | 頭 | |
| Wuzhou | 頭 | |
| Yulin | 頭 | |
| Hepu | 頭殼 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 頭 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 頭, 腦蓋 |
| Lichuan | 頭, 腦 | |
| Pingxiang | 腦殼 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 頭那 |
| Xingning | 頭那 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 頭那 | |
| Qujiang | 頭那 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 頭那 | |
| Luchuan | 頭 | |
| Changting | 頭那 | |
| Pingyu | 頭那 | |
| Wuping | 頭那 | |
| Liancheng | 頭那 | |
| Ninghua | 腦殼 | |
| Yudu | 頭, 腦蓋, 腦殼 | |
| Ruijin | 腦蓋, 頭那殼 | |
| Shicheng | 腦蓋, 腦殼 | |
| Shangyou | 腦蓋 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭那 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 頭那 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 頭那 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 頭那 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 頭那 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 頭那 | |
| Hong Kong | 頭那 | |
| Sabah | 頭那 | |
| Senai | 頭那 | |
| Singkawang | 頭那 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 頭, 腦殼 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 得腦, 頭, 乾骷髏 derogatory, 骷髏 derogatory |
| Xinzhou | 得腦 | |
| Baochang | 頭 | |
| Jining | 腦袋 | |
| Hohhot | 腦袋 | |
| Baotou | 腦袋 | |
| Dongsheng | 頭 | |
| Linhe | 腦袋 | |
| Haibowan | 腦袋 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 頭 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 頭, 頭腦, 頭首 |
| Fuqing | 頭 | |
| Matsu | 頭, 頭首 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 頭, 頭殼 |
| Quanzhou | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Zhangzhou | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Taipei | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Kaohsiung | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Tainan | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Taichung | 頭殼 | |
| Hsinchu | 頭殼 | |
| Lukang | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Sanxia | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Yilan | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Kinmen | 頭殼 | |
| Magong | 頭殼 | |
| Penang | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Singapore | 頭殼 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 頭, 頭殼 | |
| Pingnan | 頭 | |
| Chaozhou | 頭殼 | |
| Shantou | 頭殼 | |
| Haifeng | 頭, 頭殼, 頭殼顱 | |
| Johor Bahru | 頭 | |
| Haikou | 頭顱, 頭殼 | |
| Leizhou | 頭, 頭顱, 殼升 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 頭 |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 頭, 頭殼 |
| Guilin | 頭 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 頭, 頭骷顱, 骷顱頭 often derogatory, 骷郎頭 often derogatory |
| Suzhou | 頭, 骷郎頭, 六斤四兩 | |
| Hangzhou | 頭, 腦頭瓜 | |
| Wenzhou | 頭, 六斤四 secret | |
| Chongming | 頭爿 | |
| Danyang | 頭, 腦袋瓜, 頭骷郎 | |
| Jinhua | 頭, 葫粒頭 humorous | |
| Ningbo | 骷顱頭, 骷郎頭, 頭, 骷顱頭甏 derogatory, 骷顱頭瓶 derogatory, 六斤四兩 humorous | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 腦殼 |
| Shuangfeng | 腦殼 | |
| Loudi | 腦殼 | |
| Quanzhou | 腦殼 | |