傷腦筋

See also: 伤脑筋

Chinese

		injure; injury; wound	mind; brains; way of thinking mind; brains; way of thinking; idea
trad. (傷腦筋)		傷	腦筋
simp. (伤脑筋)		伤	脑筋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāng nǎojīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤ ㄋㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ nou⁵ gan¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-náu-kun / siong-ló-kun / siang-náu-kin / siong-náu-kin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāng nǎojīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤ ㄋㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shang nǎojin
    • Wade–Giles: shang¹ nao³-chin¹
    • Yale: shāng nǎu-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shang naojin
    • Palladius: шан наоцзинь (šan naoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ nou⁵ gan¹
    • Yale: sēung nóuh gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ nou⁵ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ nou⁵ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ nou̯¹³ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-náu-kun
    • Tâi-lô: siong-náu-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongnaw'kwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-ló-kun
    • Tâi-lô: siong-ló-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongloy'kwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ lo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-náu-kin
    • Tâi-lô: siang-náu-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangnaw'kyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-náu-kin
    • Tâi-lô: siong-náu-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongnaw'kyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/

Adjective

傷腦筋

1. (informal) troublesome; pesky; annoying

Synonyms

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• 傷腦／伤脑 (shāngnǎo) (informal)
• 刺手 (cìshǒu)
• 囉嗦／啰嗦 (luōsuo)
• 扎手 (zhāshǒu)
• 棘手 (jíshǒu)
• 歹紡／歹纺 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 歹辦／歹办 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 䆀紡／䆀纺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 䆀辦／䆀办 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 累贅／累赘
• 纏手／缠手 (chánshǒu) (figurative)
• 費事／费事 (fèishì)
• 辣手 (làshǒu)
• 鑿手／凿手 (Hokkien)
• 難辦／难办 (nánbàn)
• 麻煩／麻烦 (máfan)