"愣頭愣腦" meaning in Chinese

See 愣頭愣腦 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /lɤŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lɤŋ⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lɤŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lɤŋ⁵¹ naʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Erhua, Sinological-IPA], /lɪŋ²² tʰɐu̯²¹ lɪŋ²² nou̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 愣头愣脑 [Simplified-Chinese], 楞頭楞腦 [alternative, Traditional-Chinese], 楞头楞脑 [alternative, Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 愣頭愣腦
  1. rash; hotheaded; reckless Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-愣頭愣腦-zh-phrase-3kQix4zO
  2. slow in movement; obtuse; stunned Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-愣頭愣腦-zh-phrase-j1Mk9RTJ Categories (other): Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 0 100 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "愣头愣脑",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "楞頭楞腦",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "楞头楞脑",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "愣頭愣腦",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rash; hotheaded; reckless"
      ],
      "id": "en-愣頭愣腦-zh-phrase-3kQix4zO",
      "links": [
        [
          "rash",
          "rash"
        ],
        [
          "hotheaded",
          "hotheaded"
        ],
        [
          "reckless",
          "reckless"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "slow in movement; obtuse; stunned"
      ],
      "id": "en-愣頭愣腦-zh-phrase-j1Mk9RTJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "slow",
          "slow"
        ],
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
        ],
        [
          "obtuse",
          "obtuse"
        ],
        [
          "stunned",
          "stunned"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèngtóulèngnǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄥˋ ㄋㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ tau⁴ ling⁶ nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèngtóulèngnǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄥˋ ㄋㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèngtóulèngnǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lêng⁴-tʻou²-lêng⁴-nao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèng-tóu-lèng-nǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lenqtourlenqnao"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lɛntoulɛnnao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лэнтоулэннао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lɤŋ⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèngtóulèngnǎor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄥˋ ㄋㄠˇㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèngtóulèngnǎor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lêng⁴-tʻou²-lêng⁴-nao³-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèng-tóu-lèng-nǎur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lenqtourlenqnaol"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lɛntoulɛnnaor",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лэнтоулэннаор"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lɤŋ⁵¹ naʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ tau⁴ ling⁶ nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lihng tàuh lihng nóuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ tau⁴ ling⁶ nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ teo⁴ ling⁶ nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɪŋ²² tʰɐu̯²¹ lɪŋ²² nou̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "愣頭愣腦"
}
{
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    "Chinese chengyu",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 愣",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 腦",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "愣头愣脑",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "楞頭楞腦",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "楞头楞脑",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      "expansion": "愣頭愣腦",
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    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rash; hotheaded; reckless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rash",
          "rash"
        ],
        [
          "hotheaded",
          "hotheaded"
        ],
        [
          "reckless",
          "reckless"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "slow in movement; obtuse; stunned"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slow",
          "slow"
        ],
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
        ],
        [
          "obtuse",
          "obtuse"
        ],
        [
          "stunned",
          "stunned"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèngtóulèngnǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄥˋ ㄋㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ tau⁴ ling⁶ nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèngtóulèngnǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄥˋ ㄋㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèngtóulèngnǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lêng⁴-tʻou²-lêng⁴-nao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèng-tóu-lèng-nǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lenqtourlenqnao"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lɛntoulɛnnao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лэнтоулэннао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lɤŋ⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèngtóulèngnǎor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄥˋ ㄋㄠˇㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèngtóulèngnǎor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lêng⁴-tʻou²-lêng⁴-nao³-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lèng-tóu-lèng-nǎur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lenqtourlenqnaol"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lɛntoulɛnnaor",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лэнтоулэннаор"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lɤŋ⁵¹ naʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ tau⁴ ling⁶ nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lihng tàuh lihng nóuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ tau⁴ ling⁶ nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ling⁶ teo⁴ ling⁶ nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɪŋ²² tʰɐu̯²¹ lɪŋ²² nou̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "愣頭愣腦"
}

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