洗腦

See also: 洗脑 and 洗脳

Chinese

		to wash	brain
trad. (洗腦)		洗	腦
simp. (洗脑)		洗	脑
Literally: “to wash brain”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xǐnǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄋㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² nou⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sé-náu / sóe-náu

(Teochew, Peng'im): soi² nao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xǐnǎo [Phonetic: xínǎo]
  - 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⁾/
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/
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/

Verb

洗⫽腦 (verb-object)

(transitive) to brainwash
to affect one's mind through propaganda or misleading information

Synonyms

毒害 (dúhài)
麻醉 (mázuì)
(Shanghainese) 汏腦子／汏脑子

Derived terms

洗腦包 / 洗脑包

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (洗腦):

→ Japanese: 洗脳(せんのう) (sennō)
→ Korean: 세뇌(洗腦) (senoe)
→ Vietnamese: tẩy não (洗腦)

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

洗(せん)腦(のう) • (sennō)

Kyūjitai form of 洗脳: brainwashing

Korean

Hanja in this term
洗	腦

Noun

洗腦 • (senoe) (hangeul 세뇌)

hanja form^? of 세뇌 (“brainwashing; indoctrination”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
洗	腦

Verb

洗腦

chữ Hán form of tẩy não (“to brainwash”)