"Brain" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 大脑 | dà nǎo | brain / cerebrum |  |
| 脑海 | nǎo hǎi | the mind / the brain |  |
| 脑瓜 | nǎo guā | skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas | |
| 脑髓 | nǎo suǐ | brain tissue / gray matter / brain / medulla | |
| 脑 |  nǎo | brain / mind / head / essence | |
| 脑花 | nǎo huā | brain (served as a culinary dish) | |
| 脑病 | nǎo bìng | brain disease / encephalopathy | |
| 动脑 | dòng nǎo | to use one's brain | |
| 脑细胞 | nǎo xì bāo | brain cell | |
| 智囊团 | zhì náng tuán | think tank / brain trust | |
| 人才流失 | rén cái liú shī | brain drain / outflow of talent | |
| 脑波 | nǎo bō | brain wave / EEG | |
| 脑瘤 | nǎo liú | brain tumor | |
| 脑损伤 | nǎo sǔn shāng | brain damage | |
| 脑干 | nǎo gàn | brain stem | |
| 脑死亡 | nǎo sǐ wáng | brain death | |
| 脑膜 | nǎo mó | meninx / meninges / membranes lining the brain | |
| 冲昏头脑 | chōng hūn tóu nǎo | lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom) / fig. excited and unable to act rationally / to go to one's head | |
| 脑室 | nǎo shì | ventricles of the brain | |
| 脑肿瘤 | nǎo zhǒng liú | brain tumor | |
| 半乳糖 | bàn rǔ táng | galactose (CH2O)6 / brain sugar | |
| 才外流 | cái wài liú | brain drain | |
| 大脑比喻 | dà nǎo bǐ yù | brain metaphor | |
| 大脑死亡 | dà nǎo sǐ wáng | brain death | |
| 脑成像技术 | nǎo chéng xiàng jì shù | brain imaging technique | |
| 脑功能特化 | nǎo gōng néng tè huà | specialization of brain function | |
| 脑血管屏障 | nǎo xuè guǎn píng zhàng | blood brain barrier | |
| 外侧裂周区 | wài cè liè zhōu qū | perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech | |
| 智囊机构 | zhì náng jī gòu | think tank / brain trust | |
| 人才外流 | rén cái wài liú | brain drain | |
| 外侧裂週圍 | wài cè liè zhōu wéi | perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech | |
| 失语 | shī yǔ | to let slip / loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage) / aphasia | |
| 烟雾症 | yān wù zhèng | moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan) | |
| 脑力激荡法 | nǎo lì jī dàng fǎ | brain storming | |
| 脑胀 | nǎo zhàng | lit. brain swelling / dizzy / light-headed / intoxicated | |
| 人才回流 | rén cái huí liú | brain gain | |
| 器质性脑综合征 | qì zhì xìng nǎo zōng hé zhēng | organic brain syndrome | |
| 轻微脑损伤 | qīng wēi nǎo sǔn shāng | minimal brain damage | |
| 国内人才流失 | guó nèi rén cái liú shī | internal brain drain | |
| 国际脑科研究组织 | International Brain Research Organization | | |
| 人才循环 | brain circulation | | |
| 外侧裂周围 | wài cè liè zhōu wéi | perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech | |
| 脑袋开花 | nǎo dài kāi huā | to blow one's brain out | |
| 胸大无脑 | xiōng dà wú nǎo | (having) big boobs but no brain / bimbo | |
| 脑液 | nǎo yè | brain fluid | |
| 脑叶 | nǎo yè | lobe of the brain | |
| 榆木脑袋 | yú mù nǎo dai | (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) | |
