脑壳 (nǎo ké) — skull, cranium; (colloquial) head; (humorous) one's looks, general appearance
Definition
Literally 'skull/cranium', but in speech 脑壳 also just means 'head' — and jokingly, one's face or looks. Predominantly a southern/dialectal spoken usage, not standard northern Mandarin 头.
noun
skullcranium(colloquial) head(humorous) one's looksgeneral appearance
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 脑壳，。Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de nǎo ké, fā xiàn méi yǒu gǔ zhé.The doctor examined his skull and found no fracture.
- ，脑壳。Wǒ zuó tiān méi shuì hǎo, xiàn zài nǎo ké yǒu diǎn téng.I didn't sleep well yesterday, and now my head hurts a bit.
- 脑壳，。Nǐ zhè ge nǎo ké cháng dé zhēn yǒu yì si, xiàng diàn shì míng xīng.Your face (or 'head' in joking sense) really looks interesting, like a TV star.
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