本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn 大脑 大腦 dà nǎo brain / cerebrum 出于 出於 chū yú due to / to stem from syn 脑海 腦海 nǎo hǎi the mind / the brain syn 出乎 chū hū due to / to stem from / to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc) / to go against (expectations) syn 脑瘤 腦瘤 nǎo liú brain tumor 干细胞 幹細胞 gàn xì bāo stem cell 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 脑细胞 腦細胞 nǎo xì bāo brain cell 智囊团 智囊團 zhì náng tuán think tank / brain trust 脑瓜 腦瓜 nǎo guā skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas syn 脑膜 腦膜 nǎo mó meninx / meninges / membranes lining the brain 冲昏头脑 衝昏頭腦 chōng hūn tóu nǎo lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom) / fig. excited and unable to act rationally / to go to one's head syn 小脑 小腦 xiǎo nǎo cerebellum (part of the brain) 脑髓 腦髓 nǎo suǐ brain tissue / gray matter / brain / medulla syn 脑室 腦室 nǎo shì ventricles of the brain syn 枝条 枝條 zhī tiáo branch / twig / stem syn 莴笋 萵筍 wō sǔn Chinese lettuce / celtuce / asparagus lettuce / celery lettuce / stem lettuce syn 脑病 腦病 nǎo bìng brain disease / encephalopathy 动脑 動腦 dòng nǎo to use one's brain 造血干细胞 造血幹細胞 zào xuè gàn xì bāo blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow) 人才流失 rén cái liú shī brain drain / outflow of talent 菜心 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage 脑波 腦波 nǎo bō brain wave / EEG 脑损伤 腦損傷 nǎo sǔn shāng brain damage 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 分蘖 分櫱 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants) syn 脑死亡 腦死亡 nǎo sǐ wáng brain death 块茎 塊莖 kuài jīng stem tuber 脑肿瘤 腦腫瘤 nǎo zhǒng liú brain tumor 花梗 huā gěng stem of flower syn 脑 腦 nǎo brain / mind / head / essence syn 柯 kē (literary) branch / stem / stalk / (literary) ax handle syn 嗜 shì addicted to / fond of / stem corresponding to -phil or -phile syn 柄 bǐng handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades syn 梗 gěng branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) syn 茎 莖 jīng stalk / stem / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn 秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals) syn 半乳糖 bàn rǔ táng galactose (CH2O)6 / brain sugar 莩 fú membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem / culm syn 蕻 hòng (literary) luxuriant / flourishing / (literary) bud / (dialect) long stem of certain vegetables 蔸 dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps syn 投鞭断流 投鞭斷流 tóu biān duàn liú arms enough to stem the stream (idiom) / formidable army syn 才外流 cái wài liú brain drain 大脑比喻 大腦比喻 dà nǎo bǐ yù brain metaphor 大脑死亡 大腦死亡 dà nǎo sǐ wáng brain death 脑成像技术 腦成像技術 nǎo chéng xiàng jì shù brain imaging technique 脑功能特化 腦功能特化 nǎo gōng néng tè huà specialization of brain function 脑血管屏障 腦血管屏障 nǎo xuè guǎn píng zhàng blood brain barrier 外侧裂周区 外側裂周區 wài cè liè zhōu qū perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech 智囊机构 智囊機構 zhì náng jī gòu think tank / brain trust 传入神经 傳入神經 chuán rù shén jīng afferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain) / afferent neuron syn 人才外流 rén cái wài liú brain drain 传出神经 傳出神經 chuán chū shén jīng efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain) / efferent neuron / motor nerve syn 基底动脉 基底動脈 jī dǐ dòng mài basilar artery (central artery of the brain) 外侧裂週圍 外側裂周圍 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech 失语 失語 shī yǔ to let slip / loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage) / aphasia 烟雾症 煙霧症 yān wù zhèng moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan) 纵纹 縱紋 zòng wén stria longitudinalis (in the brain) 脑力激荡法 腦力激盪法 nǎo lì jī dàng fǎ brain storming 脑胀 腦脹 nǎo zhàng lit. brain swelling / dizzy / light-headed / intoxicated 角回 jiǎo huí angular gyrus (convolution of the brain) 脑机接口 腦機接口 nǎo jī jiē kǒu brain-computer interface 人才回流 rén cái huí liú brain gain 器质性脑综合征 qì zhì xìng nǎo zōng hé zhēng organic brain syndrome 血脑屏障 blood-brain barrier 轻微脑损伤 qīng wēi nǎo sǔn shāng minimal brain damage 国内人才流失 國內人才流失 guó nèi rén cái liú shī internal brain drain 国际脑科研究组织 國際腦科研究組織 International Brain Research Organization 人才循环 人才循環 brain circulation 外侧裂周围 外側裂周圍 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech 脑袋开花 腦袋開花 nǎo dài kāi huā to blow one's brain out 胸大无脑 胸大無腦 xiōng dà wú nǎo (having) big boobs but no brain / bimbo 脑液 腦液 nǎo yè brain fluid 脑叶 腦葉 nǎo yè lobe of the brain 榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) 脑花 腦花 nǎo huā brain (served as a culinary dish) 词干启动 詞幹啟動 cí gàn qǐ dòng stem priming 蔕 dì stem (of fruit) 干细胞研究 幹細胞研究 gàn xì bāo yán jiū stem cell research 字根合体字 字根合體字 zì gēn hé tǐ zì stem compound 仔姜 仔薑 zǐ jiāng stem ginger 蘖枝 櫱枝 niè zhī branch stem syn 砧木 zhēn mù rootstock (stem onto which a branch is grafted) 秧子 yāng zi sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) (derog.) suffix used to indicate a type of person syn 缠绕茎 纏繞莖 chán rào jīng vine / twining stem 腋生 yè shēng axillary (botany) / budding in the angle between branch and stem 茎干 莖干 jīng gān stem / stalk 菌托 jūn tuō volva (bag containing spores on stem of fungi) 词干 詞幹 cí gàn word stem (in linguistics) 长柄 長柄 cháng bǐng long handle / stem 间充质干细胞 間充質幹細胞 jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāo mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology) 阀芯 閥芯 fá xīn valve stem 胚胎干细胞 胚胎幹細胞 pēi tāi gàn xì bāo embryonic stem cell 大插枝 dài chā zhī large stem cuttings / truncheons 大插条 大插條 dài chā tiáo large stem cuttings / truncheons 成体干细胞 成體幹細胞 adult stem cell 何出此言 hé chū cǐ yán where do these words stem from? / why do you (he, etc) say such a thing? 