Traditional: 腦子
脑子 (nǎo zi) means “brains; mind”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word (traditional 腦子) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Measure word: 个
Practice each character:
他的脑子很灵活。
Tā de nǎozi hěn línghuó.
His mind is very sharp.
Updated: 2026-07-18