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洗腦

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

Verb

洗腦

to brainwash

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xǐnǎo

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐnǎo
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ nou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-náu / sóe-náu
  - Tâi-lô: sé-náu / sué-náu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sefnao, soefnao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ naʊ⁵³/, /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ naʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ naʊ⁵⁵⁴/, /sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ naʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ naʊ⁵³/, /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ naʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ naʊ⁵³/, /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ naʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ naʊ⁴¹/, /sue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ naʊ⁴¹/