洗腦

See also: 洗脳 and 洗脑

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	brain
trad. (洗腦)		洗	腦
simp. (洗脑)		洗	脑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xǐnǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄋㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² nou⁵
Min Nan (POJ): sé-náu / sóe-náu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐnǎo [Phonetic: xínǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄋㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiinao
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai² nou⁵
  - Yale: sái nóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai² nou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei² nou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ nou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-náu
  - Tâi-lô: sé-náu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sefnao
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãʊ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-náu
  - Tâi-lô: sué-náu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soefnao
  - IPA (Taipei): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãʊ⁵³/

Verb

洗腦

to brainwash (to affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure)

Descendants

English: brainwash (calque)

Adjective

洗腦

(neologism, of a song, meme, ad, etc.) composed in a silly manner but is highly captivating; (annoyingly) catchy; earwormy

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