腦細

Chinese

		brain	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (腦細)		腦	細
simp. (脑细)		脑	细
Literally: “brain is small”.

Etymology

Near-homophonic pun on 老細 / 老细 (lou⁵ sai³), joking on the narrow-mindedness of bosses.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ sai³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nou⁵ sai³
  - Yale: nóuh sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ sɐi̯³³/

Noun

腦細

(Cantonese, humorous or sarcastic) alternative form of 老細 / 老细 (“boss; manager”)

Related terms

膠層 / 胶层 (gaau¹ cang⁴)