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脑子 (nǎo zi): Brains (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

脑子 consists of 2 characters.

child, offspring, seed, small thing

Word Info

Pinyinnǎo zi

Meaningbrains

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 6

SyntaxNoun

Word脑子

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Example Sentences with 脑子

wǒ我

de的

nǎo脑

zi子

lǐ里

yí一

piàn片

kòng空

bái白

，

xiǎng想

bù不

chū出

dá答

àn案

。

My mind is completely blank; I can't think of an answer.

zhè这

ge个

wèn问

tí题

tài太

fù复

zá杂

le了

，

wǒ我

wǒ我

gǎn感

jué觉

sī思

lù路

yǒu有

diǎn点

dǔ堵

sè塞

，

wǒ我

nǎo脑

zǐ子

lǐ里

tū突

rán然

mào冒

chū出

gè个

de的

nǎo脑

zi子

zhuǎn转

bú不

guò过

lái来

le了

。

This problem is too complicated; my brain can't process it.

xū需

yào要

chū出

qù去

zǒu走

zǒu走

huàn换

huàn换

nǎo脑

zǐ子

。

I feel my train of thought is a bit blocked; I need to go out for a walk to clear my head.

niàn

念

tou头

：

zhōu周

mò末

bù不

rú如

qù去

pá爬

shān山

ba吧

？

A thought suddenly popped into my head: how about going hiking this weekend?

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大脑dà nǎoHSK 5
脑袋nǎo daiHSK 5
头脑tóu nǎoHSK 6
伤脑筋shāng nǎo jīnHSK 6
脑海nǎo hǎiHSK 7-9
首脑shǒu nǎoHSK 7-9
樟脑zhāng nǎo

Words with 子

儿子ér ziHSK 1
杯子bēi ziHSK 1
桌子zhuō ziHSK 1
椅子yǐ ziHSK 1
妻子qī ziHSK 2
孩子hái ziHSK 2
本子běn ziHSK 2
个子

gè zi

HSK 3