Brain in Chinese
brain · HSK 5
大脑
- 大 big
- 脑 brain
睡得好对大脑有好处。 Sleeping well is good for the brain.
Other ways to say brain
More words with 大 or 脑
How do you say brain in Chinese?
Brain in Chinese is 大脑 (dà nǎo). You can also say 脑子 (nǎo zi).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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