斷腦筋

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	mind; brains; way of thinking mind; brains; way of thinking; idea
trad. (斷腦筋)		斷	腦筋
simp. (断脑筋)		断	脑筋
anagram		腦筋斷／脑筋断

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tn̄g-náu-kun / tn̄g-náu-kin / tūiⁿ-náu-kin

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Hsinchu, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-náu-kun
  - Tâi-lô: tn̄g-náu-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngxnaw'kwn
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-náu-kin
  - Tâi-lô: tn̄g-náu-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngxnaw'kyn
  - IPA (Tainan): /tŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍³³⁻²¹ nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tūiⁿ-náu-kin
  - Tâi-lô: tuīnn-náu-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvuixnaw'kyn
  - IPA (Yilan): /tuĩ³³⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kin⁴⁴/

Noun

斷腦筋

(Taiwanese Hokkien, pathology) stroke; apoplexy; palsy

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 中風 (“stroke; apoplexy; palsy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		中風, 卒中, 腦卒中
Southern Min	Taipei	中風
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	中風
	Kaohsiung	中風, 斷腦筋
	Yilan	中風, 斷腦筋
	Changhua (Lukang)	斷頭腦筋
	Taichung	中風, 斷腦筋
	Tainan	中風, 斷腦筋
	Hsinchu	中風, 斷腦筋
	Kinmen	腦筋斷
	Penghu (Magong)	斷腦筋