頭腦風暴

Chinese

		head and brain; head; mind head and brain; head; mind; brains; head	windstorm; storm; tempest windstorm; storm; tempest; crisis
trad. (頭腦風暴)		頭腦	風暴
simp. (头脑风暴)		头脑	风暴

Etymology

Calque of English brainstorm.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóunǎo fēngbào

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄋㄠˇ ㄈㄥㄅㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ nou⁵ fung¹ bou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóunǎo fēngbào
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄋㄠˇ ㄈㄥㄅㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóunǎo fongbào
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-nao³ fêng¹-pao⁴
  - Yale: tóu-nǎu fēng-bàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tournao fengbaw
  - Palladius: тоунао фэнбао (tounao fɛnbao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ nou⁵ fung¹ bou⁶
  - Yale: tàuh nóuh fūng bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ nou⁵ fung¹ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ nou⁵ fung¹ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ nou̯¹³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ pou̯²²/

Noun

頭腦風暴

(Mainland China, neologism) brainstorming (Classifier: 場／场)

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 腦力激盪法／脑力激荡法