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傷腦筋

傷腦筋

See also: 伤脑筋

Chinese

		injure; injury; wound	mind, wit
trad. (傷腦筋)		傷	腦筋
simp. (伤脑筋)		伤	脑筋

Adjective

傷腦筋

(informal) troublesome, pesky, annoying

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shāngnǎojīn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤㄋㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ nou⁵ gan¹
Min Nan (POJ): siong-náu-kun / siong-ló-kun / siang-náu-kin / siong-náu-kin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shāngnǎojīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤㄋㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shangnaojin
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ nou⁵ gan¹
  - Yale: sēung nóuh gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ nou⁵ gan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ nou̯¹³ kɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-náu-kun
  - Tâi-lô: siong-náu-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongnaw'kwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² naʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ naʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-ló-kun
  - Tâi-lô: siong-ló-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongloy'kwn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ³³ lɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-náu-kin
  - Tâi-lô: siang-náu-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangnaw'kyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² naʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-náu-kin
  - Tâi-lô: siong-náu-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongnaw'kyn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ naʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/