Cantonese words starting with N

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nou5 lik6diligent
脑力
nou5 lik6mental capacity
努力奋斗
nou5 lik6 fan5 dau3Work hard on
nou5 lik6 ji5 fu6to use one's best efforts to do sth (idiom)
脑力劳动
nou5 lik6 lou4 dung6mental labor
瑙鲁
nou5 lou5Nauru, island country in the southwestern Pacific
nou5 mei5 aa3Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia
脑膜
nou5 mok2meninx; membranes lining the brain
脑膜炎
nou5 mok2 jim4meningitis
脑门
nou5 mun4forehead
脑门子
nou5 mun4 zi2forehead (dialect)
滿脑满肠肥
nou5 mun5 coeng2 fei4well-fed but always being idle; to have fat cheeks and a pot belly
瑙蒙短尾鹛
nou5 mung4 dyun2 mei5 mei4(bird species of China) Naung Mung scimitar babbler (Napothera naungmungensis)
脑内啡
nou5 naap6 fe1endorphin
努纳武特
nou5 naap6 mou5 dak6Nunavut territory, Canada
nou5 ngaa5 hak1 ciu3 dak6Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
恼怒
nou5 nou6resentful; to enrage sb
弩炮
nou5 paau3catapult
脑贫血
nou5 pan4 hyut3cerebral anemia
脑瓢儿
nou5 piu4 ji4top of the head
脑生喺屎忽度
nou5 saang1 si2 fat1 dou6to have an ass for a brain, an insult to imply that someone is stupid [colloquial]
脑细胞
nou5 sai3 baau1brain cell
脑神经
nou5 san4 ging1cranial nerves
脑室
nou5 sat1ventricles of the brain
恼羞成怒
nou5 sau1 sing4 nou6(idiom) to become enraged over a perceived humiliation
nou5 sau2Crossbow men
脑死亡
nou5 sei2 mong4brain death
脑水肿
nou5 seoi2 zung2cerebral edema
脑垂体
nou5 seoi4 tai2pituitary gland
脑髓
nou5 seoi5brain tissue; brain
脑囟未生埋
nou5 seon2 mei6 saang1 maai4(literally: one's fontanelles are not closed); immature; childish
脑笋未生埋
nou5 seon2 mei6 saang1 maai4(one's fontanelles are not closed); immature; childish
脑囟
nou5 seon3fontanelle
脑食屎
nou5 sik6 si2to have shit for brains, an insult to imply that someone is stupid [colloquial]
脑性痲痹
nou5 sing3 maa4 bei3variant of 腦性麻痺|脑性麻痹; spasticity
脑性麻痹
nou5 sing3 maa4 bei3cerebral palsy
脑成像技术
nou5 sing4 zoeng6 gei6 seot6brain imaging technique
脑杓
nou5 soek3the spoon shape slope on the nape
脑损伤
nou5 syun2 soeng1brain damage
脑瘫
nou5 taan2cerebral palsy
脑回
nou5 wui4gyrus (neuroanatomy)
脑际
nou5 zai3mind
脑震荡
nou5 zan3 dong6(med.) cerebral concussion
脑汁
nou5 zap1brains
脑脊液
nou5 zek3 jik6cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
nou5 zeoi2to pout
努嘴儿
nou5 zeoi2 ji4erhua variant of 努嘴[nu3 zui3]
脑卒中
nou5 zeot1 zung1stroke
脑子
nou5 zi2brains; CL:個|个[ge4]
脑子有泡
nou5 zi2 jau5 pou5soft in the head; dumb

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