脑袋

脑袋 nǎodài in a sentence

Head (mental capability - brains)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 3 sentences

脑袋 (nǎodài) means Head (mental capability - brains). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他的 脑袋 很聪明。

Tā de nǎodai hěn cōngming.

He has a clever head on him.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 脑袋

我今天 脑袋 有点疼。

Wǒ jīntiān nǎodai yǒudiǎn téng.

My head hurts a little today.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 脑袋

看到答案,他恍然大悟地拍了拍 脑袋 。

Kàndào dá'àn, tā huǎngrándàwù de pāi le pāi nǎodai.

Seeing the answer, he slapped his forehead as it suddenly clicked.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恍然大悟

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How is 脑袋 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 脑袋 (nǎodài, "Head (mental capability - brains)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 脑袋 an HSK word?

Yes — 脑袋 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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