"腦細" meaning in Chinese

See 腦細 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nou̯¹³ sɐi̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /nou̯¹³ sɐi̯³³/ Chinese transliterations: nou⁵ sai³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], nóuh sai [Cantonese, Yale], nou⁵ sai³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], nou⁵ sei³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Near-homophonic pun on 老細/老细 (lou⁵ sai³), joking on the narrow-mindedness of bosses. Etymology templates: {{m|yue|老細}} 老細/老细 (lou⁵ sai³) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 腦細
  1. (Cantonese, humorous or sarcastic) Alternative form of 老細/老细 (“boss; manager”) Tags: Cantonese, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 老細 (extra: boss; manager), 老细 (extra: boss; manager) Related terms: 膠層 (gaau1 cang4), 胶层 (gaau1 cang4)
    Sense id: en-腦細-zh-noun-8ej3rt47 Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for 腦細 meaning in Chinese (1.7kB)

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      "zh-pron": "nóuh sai"
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