絞盡腦汁

See also: 绞尽脑汁

Chinese

	hang (a criminal); to turn; to twist hang (a criminal); to turn; to twist; to wind	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something)	brains
trad. (絞盡腦汁)	絞	盡	腦汁
simp. (绞尽脑汁)	绞	尽	脑汁
Literally: “to squeeze out all the brain juice”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎojìnnǎozhī

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² zeon⁶ nou⁵ zap¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ká-chīn-náu-chiap

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎojìnnǎozhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojìnnǎojhih
  - Wade–Giles: chiao³-chin⁴-nao³-chih¹
  - Yale: jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujinnnaojy
  - Palladius: цзяоцзиньнаочжи (czjaoczinʹnaočži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎojìnnǎozhīr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojìnnǎojhihr
  - Wade–Giles: chiao³-chin⁴-nao³-chih¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jīr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujinnnaojel
  - Palladius: цзяоцзиньнаочжир (czjaoczinʹnaočžir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau² zeon⁶ nou⁵ zap¹
  - Yale: gáau jeuhn nóuh jāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² dzoen⁶ nou⁵ dzap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao² zên⁶ nou⁵ zeb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵn²² nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-chīn-náu-chiap
  - Tâi-lô: ká-tsīn-náu-tsiap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafcixnnawciab
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² nãu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siap̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/

Idiom

絞盡腦汁

to rack one's brain

絞盡腦汁

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