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 sth)	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
Min Nan (POJ): ká-chīn-náu-chiap

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǎojìnnǎozhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujinnnaojy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǎojìnnǎozhīr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujinnnaojel
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩əɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau² zeon⁶ nou⁵ zap¹
  - Yale: gáau jeuhn nóuh jāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² dzoen⁶ nou⁵ dzap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao² zên⁶ nou⁵ zeb¹
  - IPA ^(key): /käːu̯³⁵ t͡ʃɵn²² nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-chīn-náu-chiap
  - Tâi-lô: ká-tsīn-náu-tsiap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafcixnnawciab
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin²²⁻²¹ nãʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻²² nãʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiap̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin²²⁻²¹ nãʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin³³⁻¹¹ nãʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕin³³⁻²¹ nãʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiap̚³²/

Idiom

絞盡腦汁

to rack one's brain

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