"Nerve" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 神经 | shén jīng | nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob |  |
| 胆子 | dǎn zi | courage / nerve / guts |  |
| 眼底 | yǎn dǐ | fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc) / inside the eye / right in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama | |
| 面瘫 | miàn tān | facial nerve paralysis | |
| 好意思 | hǎo yì si | to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) | |
| 视神经 | shì shén jīng | optic nerve | |
| 坐骨神经 | zuò gǔ shén jīng | sciatic nerve | |
| 末梢神经 | mò shāo shén jīng | peripheral nerve | |
| 迷走神经 | mí zǒu shén jīng | vagus nerve | |
| 三叉神经 | sān chā shén jīng | trigeminal nerve | |
| 神经细胞 | shén jīng xì bāo | nerve cell / neuron | |
| 神经性毒剂 | shén jīng xìng dú jì | nerve agent / nerve gas | |
| 传入神经 | chuán rù shén jīng | afferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain) / afferent neuron | |
| 传出神经 | chuán chū shén jīng | efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain) / efferent neuron / motor nerve | |
| 有脸 | yǒu liǎn | lit. having face / to have prestige / to command respect / to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous) / to have the gall / not ashamed to | |
| 没有脸 | méi yǒu liǎn | not to have the nerve / not dare (e.g. to do sth outrageous) | |
| 神经突 | shén jīng tū | nerve process | |
| 神经索 | shén jīng suǒ | nerve cord | |
| 纵神经索 | zòng shén jīng suǒ | longitudinal nerve cord | |
| 视神经乳头 | shì shén jīng rǔ tóu | optic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina) | |
| 视神经盘 | shì shén jīng pán | optic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina) | |
| 许旺细胞 | Xǔ wàng xì bāo | Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell) / neurolemmocyte | |
| 轴索 | zhóu suǒ | axon (long thin axis of nerve cell) | |
| 轴丝 | zhóu sī | axoneme (long thread of nerve cell) | |
| 髓鞘 | suǐ qiào | myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell) | |
| 神经毒剂传感器 | nerve agent sensor | | |
| 神经毒剂 | shén jīng dú jì | nerve gas | |
| 口眼歪斜 | kǒu yǎn wāi xié | facial nerve paralysis | |
| 胆肥 | dǎn féi | (coll.) bold / brazen / to have a lot of nerve | |
| 戳痛点 | chuō tòng diǎn | to touch a nerve | |
