洗腦
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2012年，香港政府提出在中小學推廣國民教育。泛民主派認為國民教育課綱偏頗，批評為「洗腦教育」。圖為當時反對國民教育示威中的示威者。
Chinese
| to wash | brain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (洗腦) | 洗 | 腦 | |
| simp. (洗脑) | 洗 | 脑 | |
| Literally: “to wash brain”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sai2 nou5
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄋㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sǐnǎo
- Wade–Giles: hsi3-nao3
- Yale: syǐ-nǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiinao
- Palladius: синао (sinao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai2 nou5
- Yale: sái nóuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai2 nou5
- Guangdong Romanization: sei2 nou5
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯³⁵ nou̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-náu
- Tâi-lô: sé-náu
- Phofsit Daibuun: sefnao
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-náu
- Tâi-lô: sué-náu
- Phofsit Daibuun: soefnao
- IPA (Taipei): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: soi2 nao2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sói náu
- Sinological IPA (key): /soi⁵²⁻³⁵ nau⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Verb
洗⫽腦 (verb-object)
- (transitive) to brainwash
- to affect one's mind through propaganda or misleading information
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
- → English: brainwash (calque)
Adjective
洗腦
- (neologism, of a song, meme, ad, etc.) composed in a silly manner but is highly captivating; (annoyingly) catchy; earwormy
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 洗 | 腦 |
| せん Grade: 6 |
のう Hyōgai |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
- Kyūjitai form of 洗脳: brainwashing
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 洗 | 腦 |
Noun
- hanja form? of 세뇌 (“brainwashing; indoctrination”)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 洗 | 腦 |
Verb
洗腦