脑筋 meaning in English

nǎojīn

brains; mind

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 腦筋22 strokes

Meaning of 脑筋

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

nǎojīn
  1. brains
  2. mind
  3. head
  4. way of thinking

脑筋 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ有yǒu个gè死sǐ脑nǎo筋jīn。
You've got a one-track mind.
真zhēn伤shāng脑nǎo筋jīn。
It really is a headache.
现xiàn在zài正zhèng是shì关guān键jiàn的de时shí候hòu了le,请qǐng不bú要yào还hái那nà么me死sǐ脑nǎo筋jīn,丝sī毫háo不bù知zhī权quán变biàn。
Now is the critical moment. Please stop being so stubborn and inflexible, completely unable to adapt flexibility.
“拜bài个gè不bù够gòu行xíng的de师shī父fù,很hěn伤shāng脑nǎo筋jīn吧ba?” “我wǒ也yě很hěn笨bèn,所suǒ以yǐ没méi关guān系xì。”
"It must bother you to have taken a bad master." "I'm stupid too. So, it's all right."
她tā的de脑nǎo筋jīn转zhuǎn得de很hěn快kuài,无wú论lùn你nǐ对duì她tā说shuō些xiē什shén么me,她tā总zǒng能néng巧qiǎo妙miào地dì作zuò出chū反fǎn驳bó。
She's quick on her feet, so no matter what you say to her, she'll have a witty comeback.

Stroke order for each character

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脑 nǎo · brain · 10 strokes

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筋 jīn · muscle · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 脑筋.

电脑diànnǎocomputer
头脑tóunǎobrains; mind
脑袋nǎodaihead; skull
大脑dànǎobrain; cerebrum
脑子nǎozibrains; mind
首脑shǒunǎohead (of state); summit (meeting)
脑海nǎohǎithe mind; the brain
伤脑筋shāng nǎojīnto be a real headache; to find sth a real headache
洗脑xǐnǎoto brainwash
抽筋chōujīncramp; charley horse
脑后nǎohòuthe back of the head; (fig.) the back of one's mind
脑震荡nǎozhèndàng(med.) cerebral concussion

Questions about 脑筋

What does 脑筋 mean?

脑筋 (nǎojīn) means "brains; mind" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 脑筋?

脑筋 is made of 2 characters: 脑 (10 strokes), 筋 (12 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 脑筋 an HSK word?

Yes. 脑筋 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 脑筋 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 脑筋 is written 腦筋.