Brains in Chinese
brains · HSK 6
头脑
- 头 head
- 脑 brain
他很有商业头脑。 He has a good head for business.
Other ways to say brains
More words with 头 or 脑
How do you say brains in Chinese?
Brains in Chinese is 头脑 (tóu nǎo). You can also say 脑袋 (nǎo dai).
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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